article_snippet.sent: The latest revelation came as Mrs Saunders endured a barrage of criticism for ending the case before the case could reach court.
article_snippet.sent: ‘very strange’ about the decision and
article_snippet.sent: Health Minster Norman Lamb called for the matter to be settled by the courts.
article_snippet.sent: My concern is that because the DPP and indeed the Crown Prosecution Service at a local level have made errors in this case, heinous errors by failing to bring a prosecution earlier when there was evidence there to do so,’ Health Minster Norman Lamb said.
article_snippet.sent: This matter should not be concluded by DPP and should be brought before a court.
article_snippet.sent: With allegations as serious as this it seems to me that this is the right approach.
article_snippet.sent: I think she’s right to do so
article_snippet.sent: and I think Boris is right to do so as well because I think we all think that there is something very, very strange here where someone was signing official letters only a matter of weeks ago and is somehow escaping prosecution for something so incredibly serious,’ Boris said.
article_snippet.sent: a two-year multi-million pound inquiry by Leicestershire Police examining allegations spanning four decades led to a furious public row with victims saying they will never see justice and police threatening a High Court legal challenge.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Saunders defended Mrs Saunders decision saying it is Mrs Saunders duty to make the right judgment even when it is unpopular.
article_snippet.sent: In the coming months, Mrs Saunders is due to rule on whether Rupert Murdoch’s News UK should face corporate charges over the phone hacking scandal which engulfed the News of the World.
article_snippet.sent: Scotland Yard detectives investigating alleged corporate crime are seeking to bring a case that would force senior executives to be held to account.
article_snippet.sent: A Crown Prosecution Service spokeswoman said: ‘It is the Director of Public Prosecution’s job to make these extremely difficult decisions, and that is what Mrs Montgomery has done in a case that would force senior executives to be held to account.
article_snippet.sent: As the ultimate decision maker, Mrs Montgomery receives advice from a number of internal and external lawyers but the decision is based, ultimately, on Mrs Montgomery own assessment of the relevant law and circumstances of a case that would force senior executives to be held to account, no one else’s.
highlights_snippet.sent: Two of Britain's foremost legal experts recommended pressing charges .
  