Paperwork delays cut court cases
Updated on 28 November 2009
Hundreds of criminal cases fail to make it to court because of paperwork delays and other problems in the justice system, it has been revealed.
According to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, 4,000 suspects failed to appear before magistrates because the Crown Prosecution Service did not get their files ready in time.
But the CPS said the 4,000 represented only a fifth of a per cent of the total number of criminal cases dealt with in the courts.
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