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Closed petition Keir Starmer Dismissal
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Following the judgement in the Paul Chambers case, we assert that the position of the Director of Public Prosecutions is untenable and call for him to be dismissed from his post. In pursuing the prosecution of Mr Chambers, apparently despite the contrary urging of staff within his department, Mr Starmer acted against the interests of the public, demonstrated extraordinary bad faith and a lack of understanding of the law.
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The DPP was not the reviewing lawyer in the case of Paul Chambers, but in June he did instruct the team managing it to consider conceding the appeal. This was considered and progressed, however, at a later stage the DPP was advised that, as a matter of law, conceding the appeal would not be possible. This is because it was not possible because the key finding of fact in the case was a finding of the Crown Court, which only the High Court could overturn. The DPP accepted that advice and reluctantly agreed that the appeal had to proceed.
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