# ‘A serious failure’: CPS prosecutor cited a fictitious case after an AI search

https://mins.news/en/item/126622

- The Guardian, 2026-11-03 06:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/03/a-serious-failure-cps-prosecutor-cites-imaginary-case-to-high-court-after-ai-search

> A senior Crown Prosecution Service prosecutor cited a nonexistent legal precedent while arguing for the prosecution of a boy accused of raping his younger sister. High Court judges called her explanation “unsatisfactory”; the CPS said it has a strict policy limiting AI use.