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This page contains press release 65/06, in which the MPA confirms the Attorney General's office is to proceed in prosecuting the Metropolitan Police Service for an alleged breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act.
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MPA - Attorney General confirms MPS health and safety prosecution to go ahead
65/06
12 October 2006
The MPA has now received a response from the Attorney General's office to its letter of concern about the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decision to prosecute the Metropolitan Police Service for an alleged breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, arising out of the investigation into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes on 22 July 2005.
The response confirms that the CPS has reviewed the matter and decided to continue the prosecution, and that the Attorney General accepts this view. The Authority will discuss this decision in due course.
Notes to editors
1.The MPA wrote to the Attorney General on 4 August 2006. The press release, with a link to the full text of the letter, can be found at:
www.mpa.gov.uk/news/press/2006/06-046.htm
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