0 abbreviation for Director of Public Prosecutions; the lawyer who works for the UK government and decides if someone formally accused of committing a crime should be made to appear in a law court:
1 abbreviation for director of public prosecutions
Critics say the DPP's aim is for Parliament to make assisted suicide legal.
The DPP had recommended that the case was suitable to be sent forward to the Circuit Court.
Directions from the DPP are also being sought in three further sets of nonrelated alleged offences.
