Rosencrantz
Very well known Exeweb poster
It means that the person who was assaulted is not pressing charges. But the Police and CPS are going ahead with the case because they think they have evidence which give them a reasonable chance of prosecution and in their opinion the culprit is a danger of repeating the offence. You often get these kind of cases in domestic violence for example or criminal on criminal where the assaulted does not want to get involved in the prosecution.How can a crime be victimless? I don’t understand their comment which appears to come from the judge.
I only learnt this legal term the other night watching Forensics: The Real CSI on BBC2.