By Press Association 2021
Manchester Crown Court
The first “super courtroom” to hear gang trials is among 14 new Nightingale Courts announced by the Government to clear a backlog of more than 50,000 cases.
The additional temporary courtrooms, set up in hotels, theatres and conference centres, will help reduce delays and deliver justice for victims, the Government said.
The Manchester Hilton hotel and event spaces in London and Birmingham are among the latest 14 venues to be confirmed dealing with mostly non-custodial Crown Court cases.
And the “super courtroom” will be created at Manchester Crown Court, Crown Square, to deal with so-called “multi-hander” cases, which typically require more space as they involve multiple defendants being tried together, such as gang murder trials.
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