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A private prosecution is a prosecution started by a private individual who is not acting on behalf of the police or any other prosecuting authority or body which conducts prosecutions.
Taken from http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/p_to_r/private_prosecutions/ which is useful for lawyers and non-lawyers alike.
[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prosecution[/ame]
There were private prosecutions in the Damilola Taylor and Stephen Lawrence cases AFAIK. Essentially, normally the Crown / the CPS these days prosecute in order to maintain law and order; but in private prosecutions an individual brings proceedings.