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Crime victims 'have less rights than offenders in courts system', says victims' commissioner

Claire Waxman is calling for government changes to improve victims’ rights

Evening Standard

Who is Lino Di Maria? The Met police officer at the centre of the High Court vetting case

Sgt Di Maria’s past history of sexual allegations meant he couldn’t continue in role, say force

Evening Standard

More than 200 stalking offenders to be fitted with GPS tags in new pilot scheme

London’s independent victims’ commissioner, Claire Waxman, said the City Hall scheme will ‘provide an extra layer of security to victims’

Evening Standard

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MPs back PR bill in vote, a symbolic win for electoral reform campaigners – as it happened

MPs vote to give leave to bring in private members’ bill on PR but it will have no practical effect

The Guardian - UK

Woman nearly killed by ex-partner warns of ‘fixation’ as statistics show 60% of stalkers reoffend

Her comments come as new study suggests stalkers are enabled to ‘hide in plain sight’ as criminal justice system fails victims

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan: Criminal justice system must be fixed to help stalking victims

The mayor said he was also worried about ‘children growing up thinking Andrew Tate is saying sensible things’

Evening Standard

Prosecutors aim to get victims back into court to see their attackers sentenced and aid their ‘recovery’

Exclusive: The Independent previously revealed domestic abuse and sexual violence victims are being charged up to tens of thousands of pounds to access court scripts after being wrongly advised not to attend court

The Independent UK

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Two teenagers arrested after snatching phones on bikes in City of London

The 15-year-olds were arrested after one crashed their bike into a taxi

Evening Standard

‘People should not wait two years to be tried’: inside the crown court crisis

With missing defendants, dodgy video links and crumbling walls, a typical day at Snaresbrook show why 68,125 cases are waiting to be heard in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Phone snatch city: Victims' plea after surge in muggers on two wheels in London

Alarming increase in phone grabs by masked thugs riding bikes and e-scooters

Evening Standard

Nearly 10,000 sex attack suspects yet to go before jury amid court backlogs

There’s an average delay of 18 months between a sex attack suspect being charged and going on trial, research shows

Evening Standard

Harry Pitman stabbing: 16-year-old boy's family attend moving vigil at Downhills Park

Harry's mother, brother and sister attended the vigil on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Anti-Semitism is deterring Jewish women who suffer domestic abuse from seeking help, City Hall told

Referrals to Jewish Women’s Aid are reportedly down 72%, compared with last year, following the start of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7

Evening Standard

Reform campaign launched as victims told to pay thousands of pounds for transcripts of trials

London Victim's Commissioner is calling for major reform to put victims at the heart of the criminal justice system

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Record number of trials adjourned over failure to bring suspects from prison to court

Exclusive: Defendants stuck in custody vans miles from court while victims, witnesses, lawyers and police spend wasted hours awaiting them at ‘untold’ cost

The Guardian - UK

Father in UK charged with rape made party to child’s care proceedings

Court of appeal overrules decision to exclude man who allegedly conceived the boy with his niece through rape

Evening Standard

What is the Victims and Prisoners Bill, and why is it being criticised?

The Victims and Prisoners Bill will be read in the House of Commons for the second time today

The Independent UK

Victims’ bill ‘not worth paper it’s written on’ after being hijacked by Dominic Raab, watchdog says

Calls for government to withdraw parts of bill added by the former justice secretary without consultation with victims

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Evening Standard

New Met Police helpline to put victims at ‘heart of everything we do’

One in three London crime victims was unsatisfied with the force’s level of service, a City Hall report said

Evening Standard

Fury at failings that left Zara Aleena’s killer on streets

Family’s distress over ‘litany of errors’ that left ‘serious and career criminal’ free to carry out murder

The Independent UK

Zara Aleena report ‘grave reminder of price women pay for Government policies’

Campaigners have criticised funding cuts to the Probation Service following the release of a report into failings which led to Ms Aleena’s murder.

Evening Standard

‘Decrepit, bleak’: Courts disrepair causing delays to justice

The “appalling” state of Britain’s courts including leaking ceilings, broken heating, sewage and mould is causing delays to trials, a survey of solicitors has found.

Nottingham Post

Judge 'fell into error' when sentencing ex-BBC DJ Alex Belfield who stalked Jeremy Vine

Belfield was sentenced to five years in prison

Wales Online

High Court judge 'fell into error' when sentencing ex-BBC DJ who stalked Jeremy Vine

Mr Vine labelled offender Alex Belfield 'the Jimmy Savile of trolling'

The Independent UK

Judge ‘fell into error’ when sentencing ex-BBC DJ who stalked Jeremy Vine

Alex Belfield, whose YouTube channel has 350,000 followers, used social media and emails to stalk four victims.

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