Rape and sexual assault victims waiting more than two years for cases to be heard due to record court backlog, says charity

The charity Rape Crisis England & Wales said its Breaking Point report highlights a"record high" backlog in the crown courts, with a Freedom of Information request to HM Courts and Tribunal Service revealing 7,859 sexual offence cases and 1,851 adult rape cases are waiting to be heard.Victims of rape and sexual assault are waiting years for their cases to be heard, according to a new report.

It said a Freedom of Information request to HM Courts and Tribunal Service revealed 7,859 sexual offence cases and 1,851 adult rape cases are waiting to be heard. The same data shows the number of trials that were postponed at least once increased by 133% - and there were five times as many hearings that had been rescheduled six or more times, it said.

It said a breakdown of reasons for ineffective trial listings given to the Justice Select Committee showed 1,925 instances were due to the prosecution advocate failing to attend in the year to 20 June 2022 - an increase of 1,722 in two years.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

In a perfect world Expedited judicial processes would be the norm for such cases.

Yeah but laughing gas

Yet Chris Philp tried to claim on LBC this morning that rape convictions were up 50% in the last 2 years, despite the reality being at 1.6% of all complaints. Truth twister. Oh and it’s Labour’s fault for leaving the coffers low 👀🙄

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