Derbyshire police trying out new process to reduce wait times for charges

Derbyshire police are trialling a new way to speed up the process of charging subjects in order to improve the service given ...
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Why the jury is out on Labour bid to cut court backlog

The Labour government wants many trials held by judges instead of juries. Echo court reporter Charles Thomson says it is a lazy, ...

Fake police officer, dodgy debt collector and TikTok addict among frauds sentenced this year

According to the Crown Prosecution Service, fraud is "the act of gaining a dishonest advantage, often financial, over another ...

Police officer responding to 999 call to face trial accused of causing woman's death

After nearly three years in the dark, the family of a young woman hit and killed by a police car on Christmas Eve are ...
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UK authorities bring new charges of rape and sexual assault against Russell Brand

British authorities have brought new charges of rape and sexual assault against comedian Russell Brand. The U.K.'s Crown Prosecution Service announced the charges on Tuesday, involving incidents ...

Reginald D Hunter has summons for 'antisemitic' social media posts quashed as judge rules private prosecution was a bid to get comedian 'cancelled'

The American comic, who lives in the UK, was the subject of a private prosecution by Jewish group the Campaign Against ...

Britain's worst cowboy builder who fleeced customers out of more than £1.25m to fund luxury holidays and gambling is jailed for 14 years

Mark Killick, who was known to customers as Marc Cole, 56, from Paulton, Somerset, faces 14 years behind bars after callously ...

The UK wants to scrap jury trials for many crimes. Opponents fear the loss of an ancient right

For hundreds of years, Britons accused of substantial crimes have had the right to be tried by their peers in a court of law. But now as the country grapples with an acute backlog of cases waiting to ...