FL and any other experienced legal sorts - is it a tactic, for the prosecution, to delay their procedures when the case is high profile, controversial and they may not get their result? That would be the natural thing to do from a
PR point of view.
The air rage case a year or so ago with some sports fans and a Gatwick based charter co. seemed to exhibit that kind of 'retreat' from the prosecutors - many harsh words said on both sides at the time, then a considerable cooling off period which let it subside from a press interest viewpoint.