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Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

Parents wrongly convicted in truancy cases

The Ministry of Justice was unaware that several serious criminal convictions had been mistakenly imposed

(Picture: PA Wire)

Parents have been unlawfully convicted over truancy allegations in court hearings held behind closed doors.

Magistrates have mistakenly imposed serious criminal convictions against 11 mothers and four fathers in a secretive system known as the single justice procedure (SJP).

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