Victims of crime in Shropshire are being forced to wait a long time for justice as the court system faces 'the worst backlog' in the region.
Victims of crime in Shropshire are being forced to wait a long time for justice as the court system faces "the worst backlog" in the region.Shrewsbury Crown Court is now holding sessions at Telford Magistrates Court to try and ease the pressure in the system, meaning victims of crime in the county are forced to wait the longest for justice.
"We have by far the largest backlog of any court centre in the region," Judge Barrie said, explaining why the case had taken so long to get to court. He added:"We will re-list it as soon as possible." Legal advocates took action after years of complaints that the system of legal aid, which makes up the bulk of their pay, had been slashed, resulting in cuts to their income of 35% in the last decade.
When the strikes started, Stephen Scully, a criminal barrister for Shropshire firm Lanyon Bowdler, said: “There was already a significant backlog in the courts before Covid, and we are now in the position where it is getting worse because of the lack of funding and people are leaving in their droves.”
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