Justice delayed: The human cost of the courts backlog
Monday 4 April 2022 08:37, UK
Since the first COVID lockdown in 2020, the number of serious cases waiting more than a year to be dealt with in crown courts across England and Wales has more than trebled - to around 9,400.
On the Sky News Daily podcast, Tamara Cohen speaks to two women about the impact delays to their trials for justice had on them, and asks Justice Secretary Dominic Raab what the government is doing to clear the backlog.
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