Keir Starmer slammed by Emily Thornberry for ‘back-sliding’ on rape case law

The Labour leader was slammed by shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry while in charge of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Sir Keir Starmer was criticised by a senior member of his shadow cabinet for “back-sliding” on rape case law. (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer was criticised by a senior member of his shadow cabinet for “back-sliding” on rape case law.

The Labour leader was slammed by shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry while in charge of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Ms Thornberry, who was also shadow attorney general at the time, wrote to Sir Keir in 2012 demanding “an urgent rethink of the CPS’s decision to weaken guidelines that specialist barristers must deal with every stage of a rape prosecution”.