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30-05-2017 11:59 PM
It's the CPS who decide whether or not there is sufficient evidence to secure a conviction - if they think there is they prosecute, if not they drop the case. This is standard for all reported crimes and to be fair they don't, in general, do a bad job within those parameters. Most of the historic crime prosecutions have been successful.
With regards to naming the accused it is not normally the authorities who do this - normally they simply report that, "a man", "a number of people" etc. have been arrested - it is the press, news organisations or social media that name them. When they do actively identify a "suspect" they get vigorously criticised, as happened with regards to Cliff Richards.