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OPINION - The real cost of our courts crisis: has there ever been a better time to be a criminal in Britain?

Shoplifting has soared to such “epidemic” levels with reports of 17,000 incidents-a-day while attacks on shopkeepers are up by 50 per cent. Reports of violence against women and girls have surged so alarmingly in the last few years that the police declared it a “national emergency”.

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Triple murderer who was plotting school massacre to be sentenced

Nicholas Prosper will appear at Luton Crown Court on Wednesday for the second day of his sentencing hearing.

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Nicholas Prosper sentencing: Teenager who murdered family 'planned on killing at least 30 schoolchildren'

Nicholas Prosper, 19, wanted to become UK’s worst mass school killer with shooting attack on his former primary, court told

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Justice chiefs accused by MPs of failing to act quickly to tackle spiralling courts crisis

The Crown Court backlog has spiralled to more than 73,000 cases with the system mired in chronic delays and some trials being listed as far away as 2028

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Drug gang used flights from France to drop £4m worth of cocaine in English countryside

Police say organised crime group would fly planes from Cherbourg, France, to southern England

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Teenager who murdered his mother and siblings was plotting to attack school

Nicholas Prosper pleaded guilty to the murders of Juliana Falcon, 48, Giselle Prosper, 13, and Kyle Prosper, 16, in Luton on Monday

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Man, 19, pleads guilty to murdering his mother and siblings

Nicholas Prosper, of Leabank, appeared in the dock at Luton Crown Court on Monday and spoke to confirm his identity and to make his pleas.

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Chinese PhD student accused of drugging and raping 10 women

Zhenhao Zou, 27, is standing trial at Inner London Crown Court and denies all charges.

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OPINION - Jack Straw is trying to smuggle a dangerous idea back into Britain's justice system

The British public are about to be presented with a series of “big ideas” to fix the criminal justice system which is currently utterly broken.

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Government urged to grant more court sitting days to tackle prison population

Tory Kieran Mullan said: ‘If the judiciary had come to us and asked for more sitting days, we would have responded to that, not told them no.’

The Independent UK

Right to jury trial under threat as Leveson asked to carry out ‘once in generation’ review of courts

Retired high court judge told that ‘nothing is off the table’ to reform the courts service and end the massive backlog of cases

The Independent UK

Starmer set to greenlight major reform of courts after murder trial backlog quadrupled under Tories

Exclusive: Figures reveal that rape victims have to wait almost a year for a trial to begin

The Independent UK

Grandmother lost business and savings after being wrongly charged with fraud as CPS admits she was ‘let down’

Exclusive: Krista Brown was cleared in October last year and has had her complaint upheld by the CPS, who have admitted her case did not meet the standards to be charged and prosecuted

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'A most distressing time': Top judge slams Labour's 'drastic' court funding decision

Baroness Carr said the decision to limit court sitting days has had “drastic” results

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Families describe living their own life sentence after murder of Max and Mason

Antony Snook was handed two life sentences and jailed for a minimum of 38 years at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Sexual abuse victims claim free court transcript scheme was ‘hidden’ from them for months

Victims eligible for the scheme say they had ‘no idea’ it had opened

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Jailed criminal suspects accidentally set free on bail thanks for court blunders

Court officials described the blunders as a “series of unfortunate errors”

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End jury trial delays, say barristers in General Election challenge to fix criminal justice system

The Bar Council says £2.48bn in investment is needed to tackle the criminal justice crisis

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Nearly 10,000 sex attack suspects yet to go before jury amid court backlogs

There’s an average delay of 18 months between a sex attack suspect being charged and going on trial, research shows

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London crown court to stay shut for extra year after widespread RAAC found

One of London’s crown courts will be shuttered for an extra year thanks to dangerous concrete found in the roof, it has emerged, in a blow to efforts to tackle the criminal case backlog.

The Independent UK

Two 12-year-olds accused of murder appear before Crown Court judge

The youths cannot be named because of their age.

The Independent UK

No short-term fix to cut court trials backlog, says leading prosecutor

Outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill KC says a shortage of barristers and judges is creating problems.

Evening Standard

Reform campaign launched as victims told to pay thousands of pounds for transcripts of trials

London Victim's Commissioner is calling for major reform to put victims at the heart of the criminal justice system

The Independent UK

Two men charged with murdering 16-year-old boy

They will appear in the Crown Court on Monday.

The Independent UK

Televised sentencing at Crown Court could be expanded to more senior judges

A year has passed since the first sentencing remarks were broadcast from the Old Bailey in London.

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