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Sexual offence complaints take the longest time to get through the courts — a national average of 8.6 months in england and wales. but there's huge variation across the country. leicester crown court have been the longest at 15 months last autumn. overall, the delay for all offences from report to crown court completion is 697 days. criminal barristers say the system is chronically underfunded. they've begun industrial action, refusing to take on some cases to force the government to inject more cash. a young junior barrister in the first three years of their practice is earning just over £...

Brought my mental health round a lot quicker than extending the ordeal and having the additional impacts of a court system and just the lack of understanding of how people feel in that scenario, of building themselves up to be knocked back down again time and time again. national data and the bbc court by court analysis shows lisa's experience is not exceptional. sexual offence complaints take the longest time to get through the courts — a national average of 8.6 months in england and wales. but there's huge variation across the country. leicester crown court have been the longest at 15 mont...

I think if i hadn't have gone forward and reported it, i would have been able to have brought my mental health round a lot quicker than extending the ordeal and having the additional impacts of a court system and just the lack of understanding of how people feel in that scenario, of building themselves up to be knocked back down again time and time again. national data and the bbc court by court analysis shows lisa's experience is not exceptional. sexual offence complaints take the longest time to get through the courts — a national average of 8.6 months in england and wales. but there's hug...

In england and wales. but there's huge variation across the country. leicester crown court have been the longest at 15 months last autumn. overall, the delay for all offences from report to crown court completion is 697 days. criminal barristers say the system is chronically underfunded. they've begun industrial action, refusing to take on some cases to force the government to inject more cash. a young junior barrister in the first three years of their practice is earning just over £12,000 a year before tax. a lot of barristers now are working under minimum wage. we're facing a huge exodus of...

OVERSEAS VOTING. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Sinoa Bea Wee-Lozada says the poll body is mulling the options of either suspending overseas voting or even declaring a failure of elections in Afghanistan and Ukraine during a House hearing on Wednesday (April 20, 2022). Wee-Lozada said the registered overseas voters in these two countries would not be able to cast their votes due to ongoing repatriation efforts. (Photo courtesy of House Press and Public Affairs Bureau). MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday said it is mulling the options of either suspending overseas vo...