CPS under fire for delay in charging man accused of raping boy, 12

The victim’s lawyers are calling for updated national guidance on police and CPS access to digital data. Photograph: Kirsty O'Connor/PAThe Crown Prosecution Service has come under fire for waiting nearly a year and a half to charge a man accused of raping a 12-year-old boy despite him admitting to the crime.The child and his family were devastated by the lengthy delay as the CPS insisted on trawling through 40,000 files of the victim’s personal data.The lawyers representing the boy h