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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sammy Gecsoyler

Defendants could be ‘diverted’ from criminal justice system amid record backlog

Brian Leveson in judge's attire.
Retired judge Sir Brian Leveson, pictured in 2013, says the backlog in cases is a ‘crisis in the criminal justice system which has to be addressed’. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

People scheduled to stand trial could be “diverted” from the criminal justice system in efforts to tackle the “unsustainable” backlog of court cases, the head of a major justice review has said.

Sir Brian Leveson said the number of prosecutions waiting to be dealt with was unsustainable, with listings now running into 2027.

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