This is the average time for all rape trials with a bailed defendant from alleged offence to case completion in 2023. @TheCriminalBar

This is the average time for all rape trials with a bailed defendant from alleged offence

to case completion in 2023: 5.5 years including an average of 18 months after charge –

up from 10 months since 2019.

Trials being set now for 2026/7 will be 2-3 yrs post charge

Assuming anyone left by then suitably qualified is available and willing to prosecute for @CPSUK

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