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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

Serious flaws in ‘conveyor belt’ court system used to prosecute Londoners exposed in Standard investigation

A sick pensioner convicted behind closed doors of breaking the Covid lockdown with a visit to his allotment, parents unlawfully fined in dark corners of the justice system over truancy allegations, and women who attended the vigil for Sarah Everard prosecuted while oblivious to criminal cases against them.

These are just some of the scandals and injustices uncovered by the Evening Standard during a three-year investigation into a secretive justice system used to prosecute Londoners.

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