UK jury trials to be scrapped in some cases in bid to tackle backlog

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2025-12-02

London (PA Media/dpa) - Jury trials in some cases will be scrapped and so-called "swift courts" set up in England and Wales, Justice Secretary David Lammy has announced. Currently jury trials make up 3% of cases, but this will be curbed further as Lammy confirmed they would be reserved for "indictable-only" offences such as murder and rape, and lesser "either-way" offences with a likely sentence of more than three years in prison. Lammy, who is a......

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