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EXAMPLES OF MISUSE/MANIPULATION
(5) Keeping options open
• Abuse of process for a prosecutor, without
having reached a final decision to
prosecute the defendant, to lay an
information just within the time limit for
commencing a prosecution, so as to keep
his options open, and not serve the
summons for some months thereafter:
R v Brentford JJ, ex parte Wong
(1981) 73 Cr.App.R 65, DC.
