Exclusive: case of Voja Petkovic highlights pressures on criminal justice that campaigners warn is leading to miscarriages of justice

A man has been told he will have to spend at least four years and three months in jail without trial as a result of Covid, barrister strikes and a malfunctioning courtroom.

Voja Petkovic, 36, was arrested in January 2019 and remains on remand in Leicester prison despite not having been convicted of any of the charges against him.

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