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Victims can’t access their court transcripts because they’re too expensive – the government says AI might be the answer

For years, victims of crime and those trying to challenge convictions have said that the UK’s system for accessing court records is prohibitively expensive and unnecessarily bureaucratic.

The Conversation

Victims of sexual violence distressed by MPs’ ‘pugnacious’ questioning

Exclusive: Victims’ commissioner makes formal complaint after committee session left one attender ‘shocked, upset and extremely distressed’

The Guardian - UK

‘Juries have not caused this crisis’: Top lawyers and ex-judges plead for government to rethink plans to curb jury trials

Retired judges and a former director of public prosecutions are among those calling for the justice secretary to halt plans to scrap juries for some crimes

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Thousands of trials will not be heard until at least 2028, data reveals

The backlog includes 206 rape trials that are not listed to start until 2028.

Evening Standard

Victims facing ‘inhumane’ delays for justice as criminal cases take four years to go to trial

Shocking court backlog means serious criminals won't have their cases heard until 2030 – and more than 200 suspects accused of rape won’t face a judge and jury until at least 2028

The Independent UK

Victims’ commissioner for England and Wales warns against U-turn on limiting jury trials

Exclusive: Claire Waxman says justice system risks collapse and no other viable way to drastically reduce courts backlog

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk’s X threatened with UK ban over wave of indecent AI images

Platform has restricted image creation on the Grok AI tool to paying subscribers, but victims and experts say this does not go far enough

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Badenoch says teaching boys about misogyny shouldn’t be a priority because migrants more dangerous to women and girls – as it happened

Tory leader dismisses the government’s newly published strategy as a ‘complete distraction’

The Guardian - UK

Calls for justice system ‘change’ at exclusive Prima Facie screening in London

Justice Minister Sarah Sackman defends controversial jury axe plans at special screening of award-winning play starring Jodie Comer

Evening Standard

Witnesses in criminal trials should be trained to cope with tough questions, says victims' commissioner

Claire Waxman wants the UK to follow the lead of courts in Quebec, Canada

Evening Standard

Victims Commissioner: Government must stop stalkers weaponising courts to harass their victims

Claire Waxman OBE has suffered for more than 20 years at the hands of former TV producer Elliot Fogel

Evening Standard

London’s victims’ commissioner named as new England and Wales advocate

Claire Waxman described it as a ‘true honour’ to take on her new post.

Evening Standard

'National failure to deliver justice': Up to three quarters of rape victims withdraw from cases, damning new report reveals

London’s Victims Commissioner details shocking number of victims who abandon hope of seeing justice being done as she calls for ‘radical’ new approach

Evening Standard

TV presenter accuses police officer of sexual misconduct

Jackie Adedeji has described the police misconduct investigation she was part of as ‘traumatising’.

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

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’

The Guardian - UK

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

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The Independent 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

Evening Standard

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’

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

‘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

Evening Standard

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

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