The capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan calls for urgent help, saying the emotional wellbeing of victims and witnesses is at risk
The scale of the courts backlog is highlighted today with figures showing that, in London alone, nearly a quarter of a million people are waiting for their cases to be heard.
The extent of the logjam was revealed as Sadiq Khan, the city’s mayor called on the government to build a “large-scale, secure facility” to start clearing high-priority cases.
