Alison Saunders
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Alison Saunders CB |
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| Director of Public Prosecutions | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Keir Starmer |
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| Born |
14 February 1961 Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Children | Two sons |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath (2013) |
Alison Saunders, CB (born 14 February 1961) is a British barrister and the Director of Public Prosecutions. She is the first lawyer from within the Crown Prosecution Service and the second woman to hold the appointment. She is also the first holder of this office not to be a Queen's Counsel. She was previously the Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London.
Saunders was born on 14 February 1961 in Aberdeen, Scotland. She attended primary school in Brixton, London. She read law at the University of Leeds from 1979 to 1982. She graduated Bachelor of Laws (LLB hons).
Having completed her pupillage and thereby becoming a qualified barrister, Saunders began working for Lloyd's of London. She joined the newly formed CPS in 1986. In 1991, she joined the CPS policy division. She was appointed Branch Crown Prosecutor for Wood Green in 1997, and Assistant Chief Crown Prosecutor of CPS London South in 1999. She took up the appointment of Chief Crown Prosecutor for Sussex in 2001 overseeing the case made against Roy Whiting, who was convicted of murdering Sarah Payne. Between 2003 and 2005, she served as Deputy Legal Advisor to the Attorney General. She then became head of prosecutions for the Organised Crime division of the CPS. She was the Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London from 2009 until 2013. During that time, she was involved in the 2011 to 2012 retrial, and subsequent conviction, of the killers of Stephen Lawrence.
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