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Chinese PhD student accused of drugging and raping 10 women

Zhenhao Zou, 27, is standing trial at Inner London Crown Court and denies all charges.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Jack Straw is trying to smuggle a dangerous idea back into Britain's justice system

The British public are about to be presented with a series of “big ideas” to fix the criminal justice system which is currently utterly broken.

Evening Standard

Government urged to grant more court sitting days to tackle prison population

Tory Kieran Mullan said: ‘If the judiciary had come to us and asked for more sitting days, we would have responded to that, not told them no.’

The Independent UK

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Right to jury trial under threat as Leveson asked to carry out ‘once in generation’ review of courts

Retired high court judge told that ‘nothing is off the table’ to reform the courts service and end the massive backlog of cases

The Independent UK

Starmer set to greenlight major reform of courts after murder trial backlog quadrupled under Tories

Exclusive: Figures reveal that rape victims have to wait almost a year for a trial to begin

The Independent UK

Grandmother lost business and savings after being wrongly charged with fraud as CPS admits she was ‘let down’

Exclusive: Krista Brown was cleared in October last year and has had her complaint upheld by the CPS, who have admitted her case did not meet the standards to be charged and prosecuted

The Independent UK

'A most distressing time': Top judge slams Labour's 'drastic' court funding decision

Baroness Carr said the decision to limit court sitting days has had “drastic” results

Evening Standard

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Families describe living their own life sentence after murder of Max and Mason

Antony Snook was handed two life sentences and jailed for a minimum of 38 years at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Sexual abuse victims claim free court transcript scheme was ‘hidden’ from them for months

Victims eligible for the scheme say they had ‘no idea’ it had opened

The Independent UK

Jailed criminal suspects accidentally set free on bail thanks for court blunders

Court officials described the blunders as a “series of unfortunate errors”

Evening Standard

End jury trial delays, say barristers in General Election challenge to fix criminal justice system

The Bar Council says £2.48bn in investment is needed to tackle the criminal justice crisis

Evening Standard

Nearly 10,000 sex attack suspects yet to go before jury amid court backlogs

There’s an average delay of 18 months between a sex attack suspect being charged and going on trial, research shows

Evening Standard

London crown court to stay shut for extra year after widespread RAAC found

One of London’s crown courts will be shuttered for an extra year thanks to dangerous concrete found in the roof, it has emerged, in a blow to efforts to tackle the criminal case backlog.

Evening Standard

Two 12-year-olds accused of murder appear before Crown Court judge

The youths cannot be named because of their age.

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The Independent UK

No short-term fix to cut court trials backlog, says leading prosecutor

Outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill KC says a shortage of barristers and judges is creating problems.

Evening Standard

Reform campaign launched as victims told to pay thousands of pounds for transcripts of trials

London Victim's Commissioner is calling for major reform to put victims at the heart of the criminal justice system

The Independent UK

Two men charged with murdering 16-year-old boy

They will appear in the Crown Court on Monday.

The Independent UK

Televised sentencing at Crown Court could be expanded to more senior judges

A year has passed since the first sentencing remarks were broadcast from the Old Bailey in London.

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Daily Mirror

Heartbreaking footage shows murdered beautician Elle Edwards cuddling and posing for selfies with nephew

Elle Edwards' callous killer Connor Chapman was today found guilty of murder, which Liverpool Crown Court heard was "human tragedy in its purest and most appalling sense"

Bristol Post

Burglars who detectives chased all across Europe jailed

Constantin Dragomir, George Ioan and Claudiu Popa have been sentenced to 14 years and two months between them at Bristol Crown Court

The Independent UK

Sex assault survivors suffer ‘devastating’ crown courts backlog impact – report

Rape Crisis England & Wales says its report shines a light on the ‘disastrous impact’ of the backlog on victims.

Evening Standard

Juror risked murder trial collapse when he researched the law online

A Crown Court juror who risked the collapse of a murder trial when he carried out private research on the law during deliberations on the verdict has been spared jail.

Manchester Evening News

Urgent police appeal to find wanted man with distinctive tattoo above his left eye

Anyone who sees Jafar Mohammed is being urged to call 999

The Independent UK

Operator who flew drone close to Battle of Britain fighter to be sentenced

Mark Bagguley flew a drone close to a vintage Hawker Hurricane fighter which was taking part in a fly-past.

Evening Standard

Juror faces criminal charges for ‘researching trial’

A Crown Court juror is facing charges over allegations he conducted private research in the middle of a criminal trial.

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