DPP will review refusal to prosecute prison officers

The DPP has agreed to review his refusal to prosecute prison officers for perjury concerning an incident where a convicted rapist was assaulted in custody, the High Court has heard.

Because the DPP only agreed by letter last month to conduct that review, seven months after Darius Savickis initiated legal proceedings seeking review, Savickis is entitled to his costs of the proceedings against the DPP, Mr Justice Charles Meenan ruled.

When Savickis initiated his case last May, the DPP could have sent his letter then, which would have ended the case, but that did not happen and instead the court dealt with pre-trial matters and fixed a hearing date for December 7, he said. However, on November 20, the DPP sent a letter which conceded the “whole point” of the case.