"SCANDAL OF 4-YEAR DELAYS FOR CRIMINAL CASES TO GO TO TRIAL"
#AmyClareMartin for @the-independent.com
Trials won't take place for another 4 years.
Huge backlogs mean 29 cases, including violent crime and drug offences, have been scheduled for 2030.
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"SECRET FILES SHOW PLAN TO END PRISON SCANDAL WILL FAIL"
#AmyClareMartin for @the-independent.com
Full Story: t.ly/ObnEU
Prison projections reveal Government's plan to tackle the scandal will leave many prisoners left to rot.
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"GUILTY: ARISTOCRAT AND HER LOVER WHO KILLED NEWBORN ON THE RUN"
Full Story: t.ly/IBxbQ
#AmyClareMartin for @the-independent.com
Aristocrat #ConstanceMarten and #MarkGordon have been found guilty of killing their newborn baby while on the run.
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"PRISONERS ON CRUEL INDEFINITE JAIL TERM ARE 'FAILED BY STATE'"
Full Story: t.ly/IBiWR
#AmyClareMartin for @the-independent.com
The #scandal of indefinite #JailTerms has left prisoners damaged by the "state's failure".
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"TOO MUCH DENIAL, TOO LITTLE JUSTICE"
Full Story: t.ly/IBSys
#AmyClareMartin / #KateDevlin for @the-independent.com.
Children and teenage girls were blamed for crimes perpetrated against them, a "deeply disturbing" report into #GroomingGangs finds.
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"TOO MUCH DENIAL, TOO LITTLE JUSTICE"
Full Story: t.ly/IBSys
#AmyClareMartin / #KateDevlin for @the-independent.com.
Children and teenage girls were blamed for crimes perpetrated against them, a "deeply disturbing" report into #GroomingGangs finds.
#TheIndependent
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"PRISON STAFF CRISIS BLAMED FOR SURGE IN INMATE AFFAIRS"
Full Story: t.ly/IBaqo
#AmyClareMartin for @the-independent.com.
The number of Prison Officers investigated for inappropriate relationships with inmates has almost tripled in five years.
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The Independent: "REVEALED: THE TRUE COST OF 'INHUMANE' PRISON SENTENCES"
#AmyClareMartin for THE INDEPENDENT.
FULL STORY: t.ly/WOpyo
Prisoners serving indefinite jail sentences cost UK taxpayers around £145 million, last year.
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Met Chief's Anger: I Can't Sack Rogue Police Officers
▫Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said it is ‘absolutely absurd that we cannot lawfully sack’ officers subject to serious allegations
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The Independent: "MET CHIEF'S ANGER: I CAN'T SACK ROGUE POLICE OFFICERS"
#AmyClareMartin for #TheIndependent.
FULL STORY: t.ly/4HADp
Policing in a 'hopeless position', Met Chief SIR MARK ROWLEY warns after court rules.
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The Independent: "'GIVE ME A REASON FOR WHAT YOU DID'"
#AmyClareMartin leads for #TheIndependent.
FULL STORY: t.ly/alcfa
AXEL RUDAKUBANA, 18, was given 13 life sentences at Liverpool Crown Court for the Southport murders that happened on 29 July 2024.
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The Independent: "DOZENS FACE POLICE PERJURY PROBE OVER POST OFFICE SCANDAL"
#AmyClareMartin leads for #TheIndependent.
FULL STORY: t.ly/ZoBEp
Dozens of Post Office and Fujitsu staff investigated for perjury and perverting course of justice over Horizon scandal.
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The Independent: "REVEALED: HORRIFIC HIDDEN DEATH TOLL OF DOMESTIC ABUSE"
#AmyClareMartin leads for #TheIndependent.
FULL STORY: t.ly/ATFr1
CHLOE HOLLAND took her own life after being coercively controlled.
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