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Victims, witnesses and defendants are waiting years for justice as London’s courts are weighed down by a quarter of the national criminal case backlog, new figures reveal. The number of cases waiting to be heard has nearly doubled across England and Wales in the past four years, thanks to funding cutbacks, the pandemic and a … Continue reading ""https://static.standard.co.uk/2023/04/20/09/oldbaileyjusticescales23.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp