Lawyers call for more emergency courts to tackle problem of justice being postponed
Defendants, victims including teenagers, and witnesses are having to wait up to four years from the time of an alleged offence to the case reaching crown court trial because of delays caused mainly by Covid.
Lawyers, who are struggling to keep the criminal courts in England and Wales functioning through the pandemic, are calling for more socially-distanced, emergency courts to tackle the problem of justice being postponed.
