Offensive Weapons: Prosecutions

(asked on 12th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what percentage of possession of weapon cases were stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supporting the prosecution in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Michael Tomlinson Portrait
Michael Tomlinson
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
This question was answered on 19th July 2023

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of cases of possessing a weapon which could not proceed because a victim no longer supports the prosecution.

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