She was unsurprised to hear of his prosecution last summer.
The prosecution yesterday indicated that it would appeal against the decision in the Supreme Court.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia condemned the prosecution last week at his annual news conference.
She decided against prosecution last year, officials said, without ordering any investigation by the F.B.I.
Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill called for thorough prosecution yesterday of the executives responsible for the accounting irregularities at WorldCom.
The Financial Services Authority secured six convictions and combined jail sentences of 16 years in another successful insider-dealing prosecution last week.
One successful prosecution last year involved a 25-year-old man who posted abusive comments on the Facebook tribute page of a dead teenager.
"The prosecution today tells you let's blame the one person who actually sought to get Ms. Rennix to a hospital," he said.
A handful of made-for-television films kept her occupied - Witness for the Prosecution (1982), Reunion at Fairborough (1985) and Hold the Dawn (1986) among them.
The prosecution today decided to offer no further evidence after it became clear that Mr Stretford had made false statements when giving his evidence last week.
