Article on today's Guardian by Kier Starmer:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/13/dave-lee-travis-william-roache-sex-cases
Contrasts with other cases involving historic sex crimes, particularly those involving teachers. Points to convictions but also situation of witnesses particularly in a hung jury/retrial scenario.
Important point is that it's quite possible to take a correct decision to prosecute only for case to be equally properly thrown out by a jury.
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