CPS declines to pursue 11 further charges relating to 9 additional babies

The Crown Prosecution Service announces it will not pursue 11 additional charges relating to 9 further babies, stating that 'the evidential test was not met.' The CPS confirms the decision does not affect the existing convictions. The significance is that the CPS itself declined to extend the pattern the original case was built on — the same methodology, applied to further candidate cases, did not clear the evidential threshold for prosecution. The three former Trust executives arrested in July 2025 on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter remain under investigation separately.