Covid: Half of Nightingale Courts to close within weeks

BBC News says Almost half of the temporary Nightingale Courts set up at the start of the pandemic are to close, the Ministry of Justice has announced.

Temporary courts were opened in hotels and conference suites to help manage the massive backlog in cases, which has worsened since Covid hit.

Eleven of the centres will close within weeks, but another 12 in England and Wales will stay open for one more year.

These will mainly focus on reducing waiting times for criminal trials.

There are around 59,000 criminal trials waiting to go before a judge – and recent figures show the average time between reporting an offence and a verdict being given is now longer than ever.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60596769

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