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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Lady Chief Justice reveals judge was forced to climb on roof to clear gutter of leaking court

Sir Keir Starmer - (PA Wire)

Britain’s top judge has called for courts to be “properly funded” as she revealed one judge was forced to climb onto a court roof to clear blocked gutters causing a leak.

The head of England’s judiciary Baroness Carr hit out at the nation’s crumbling courtrooms in a speech delivered as more than 1,000 prisoners were released after 40 per cent of their sentences to ease prison overcrowding.

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