Top prosecutor to stand down after five years

Britain's director of public prosecutions, who has faced criticism for the collapse of several rape cases, will stand down in October at the end of her five-year contract, the government said.Alison Saunders, who heads the independent Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in England and Wales, was criticised from within the legal profession after police and prosecutors failed to disclose evidence in the cases, causing them to collapse.The CPS has endured a number of controversies under Saunders' tenur