Summary
SCOTTISH Labour has lodged a motion with Holyrood warning that cuts in Crown Office and police staff numbers are undermining "public confidence in the justice system".
Last month The Herald revealed the number of unprocessed criminal cases sitting within the Crown Office has doubled from 7000 to 14,000 in the past six months and that procurators-fiscal are struggling to find sufficient staff to cover court because of cutbacks within the service.See the full content of this document
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Labour Fears Over Court Delays
There are concerns the backlog could cause...
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