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Flora Thompson

Crown court backlog could hit 100,000 without ‘radical’ action – watchdog

Anthony Rogers said he is ‘exceptionally worried’ about the size of the backlog of cases waiting to be dealt with by crown courts and fears it could soon hit 100,000 (Nick Ansell/PA) - (PA Archive)

A watchdog has called on the Government to take “radical” action to overhaul the criminal justice system as he raised grave concerns over the soaring caseloads faced by prosecutors.

Anthony Rogers said he is “exceptionally worried” about the size of the backlog of cases waiting to be dealt with by crown courts and fears it could soon hit 100,000.

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