Sentence examples for mount a prosecution from inspiring English sources

In addition, relatives of victims in the United States are trying to mount a prosecution there.

There have been reports, however, as recently as Friday, that British police handed evidence to the Federal Bureau of Investigations that might have been used to mount a prosecution against him and his co-defendant in a British court.

If the report provides evidence of criminal activity by top Trump campaign staff or potentially by the president himself – who has denied all wrongdoing – Congress could come under intense pressure to mount a prosecution.

"While there were reasonable grounds to suspect the commission of offences involving serious or complex fraud, a detailed review of the available evidence led us to the conclusion that the alleged conduct, even if proven and taken at its highest, would not meet the evidential test required to mount a prosecution for an offence contrary to English law," the SFO said.

The CPS said there were "no independent accounts" of what was said at the Downing Street gates on 19 September 2012 and analysis of CCTV footage had not provided sufficient evidence to mount a prosecution, as there had been no sound recording.

These types of case will be investigated and, if appropriate, then referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) who will determine whether there is sufficient evidence to mount a prosecution, and whether that prosecution is in the public interest".

This remains the position today, and so news that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is mounting a prosecution under this act comes as a surprise.

Nevertheless, such cases will always be rare because gathering evidence and mounting a prosecution against crimes in another country is difficult, expensive and politically risky.Bloody, but not lawlessThis is one reason why over the past 50 years humanitarian law has been flouted even more blatantly than international human-rights law.

"It also prevented any possibility that the 2003 victim could be told that another allegation had been made against Savile with a view to finding out whether that caused her to change her mind about further assisting the police with a view to mounting a prosecution".

The Crown Prosecution Service's announcement about there being insufficient evidence to mount a corporate prosecution is the cherry on top of Murdoch's cake.

"HMRC passed evidence on three individuals on the HSBC list to the Crown Prosecution Service, and the CPS considered that there was sufficient evidence to mount a successful prosecution in only one of the three cases.