Soaring numbers of rape and murder trials delayed as courts fail to get a grip on Covid backlog

ROCKETING numbers of rape and murder trials are being delayed as courts fail to get a grip on the Covid backlog, alarming stats show. A staggering 15 per cent of cases of sex assault against women and children were delayed in 2021 – up from just 8 per cent in 2018. Even highly sensitive sex assault […]
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