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Courts to tackle rape delays

Courts to tackle rape delays

Senior judge wants defendants who’ve waited three years tried this summer

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Joshua Rozenberg
Mar 06, 2024
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A two-year delay in scheduling more than 180 rape trials is a “serious stain” on the criminal justice system, the senior presiding judge of England and Wales said yesterday.

Lord Justice Edis announced plans to bring almost all of these cases — around 6% of the 3,355 outstanding rape prosecutions — to trial before the end of July. More recent prosecution…

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