What OUGHT to happen is for all parties involved to have anonymity up to
> the trial, and then neither accuser nor accused should have it during
> the trial. The CPS should not send out fishing expeditions to trawl for
> accusations from people who otherwise wouldn't have bothered to make any
> accusation. The system as it is at present is grossly unfair, biased and
> typical of vindictive British "justice".
It's all down to the cutbacks in legal aid. The CPS simply prosecute far more people to keep their colleagues in work. ;-)