As @TheCriminalBar warned September with all the evidence, today in December prisoner escort shortages and failings impacts a murder sentencing hearing at England and Wales’ foremost criminal court, the Central London Criminal Court – the Old Bailey
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n “analysis of Ministry of Justice figures dating back to 2010 showed 58 trials were postponed because of no-shows or late deliveries of prisoners in the crown courts alone during the first three months of this year – 23 of which involved alleged violent and sexual offences, including rape.”
“This is the highest quarterly figure in records stretching back to 2010, having quadrupled since the same period in 2022. Further analysis by The Independent shows it is three times higher than the average in the decade to 2021, excluding 2020 when the pandemic halted in-person trials.
There were also 202 last-minute adjournments in magistrates’ courts, making it the worst quarter for five years. Both sets of figures do not include the number of additional failures to deliver defendants to pre-trial hearings, which are not publicly available.”
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