Dozens of trials for violence and sexual offence cases are being abandoned on the day they're due to start due to shortages of prosecutors, fresh analysis reveals.
The number of Crown Court trials not taking place when they're meant to because of there not being a prosecutor available has increased by a massive 14 times compared with three years ago, research shows.
Survivors of serious offences are being forced to wait months for a new start date after already having faced massive delays for their trial to begin.
