New Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley
(Picture: PA Wire)Criminals have been exploiting the growing backlog in court cases by pleading not guilty instead of admitting their offences in an attempt to avoid conviction, the Met Commissioner has warned.
Sir Mark Rowley said the result was that 80 per cent of suspects had started pleading not guilty with only 20 per cent admitting their crimes. He said that was a reversal of the previous balance between guilty and not guilty pleas.
