Sentences with phrase «then director of public prosecutions»

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The director of public prosecutions highlighted the fact that Thomas «intended the message to be humorous», did not intend it to go beyond his followers - «who were mainly family and friends» - and then took «reasonably swift action» to delete it.

Rosemary Bechler (RB): Few of us understood the full import of what Ken Macdonald QC, former Director of Public Prosecutions, was saying at the Convention of Modern Liberty in 2009 when he referred to the then just published paper by Sir David Omand on the effect of modern data mining and processing techniques on intelligence work.

Additionally, according to s. 511 of the Act, the Commissioner, if he believes on reasonable grounds that an offence under the Act has been committed, may refer the matter to the Director of Public Prosecutions, now Brian Saunders, who will then decide if a prosecution is warranted.