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The outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales, Alison Saunders, has said that critics of her time in post showed a "lack of knowledge" of the Crown Prosecution Service.

It comes as Mrs Saunders announced she is to stand down in October, at the end of her five year contract.

Her tenure at the head of the Crown Prosecution Service has been marked by a series of controversies - most recently the collapse of a number of high profile rape cases.

Mrs Saunders said she told the government she would be moving on.

(Image: Alison Saunders; Copyright: CPS)