Prisoners: Death

(asked on 27th February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has brought under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 in respect of a death or deaths in custody.


Answered by
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Lord Keen of Elie
This question was answered on 9th March 2017

There have been no cases to date in which the CPS has brought charges under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 in respect of a death or deaths in custody.

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