Pressure mounts for rethink on ‘fast track’ justice after more outcry over cases
Pressure is mounting on the Government to investigate the controversial single justice procedure as the Evening Standard uncovers more criminal cases brought against sick pensioners and vulnerable women.
At least 4,000 prosecutions a week are brought through the secretive fast-track court system, where hearings are allowed to take place behind closed doors and magistrates spend as little as 90 seconds considering cases.
A long-running Standard investigation has uncovered instances of children, parents and business owners being unlawfully prosecuted, and proof that key evidence in criminal cases is never even seen
