“Every month, almost 700 trials are unable to go ahead on their scheduled day
and fall back into the queue because of myriad logistical problems, including defendants
not being transported from prison, a shortage of barristers and overbooked courts running out of time to hear cases.
Almost 8,000 such “ineffective” trials were recorded last year – making up over a quarter of the total – and the figure is expected to rise further. Waiting times are worsening the prison overcrowding crisis as more and more people are held on remand.
Cases are more likely to collapse as victims and witnesses pull out.”
As@TheCriminalBar
has reminded and provided the evidence, every month, every quarter, every year.
has reminded and provided the evidence, every month, every quarter, every year.
This has been the trend since the Spring of 2019 and worsening for a full year before Covid in March 2020,
worsening again at the end of Covid lockdown in summer 2020 and worsened once more but exponentially
so once criminal courts fully reopened with the end of social distancing in April 2021 and consistently since to today.
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