Lack of screens in courts causing further delay to rape trials

A rape survivor who waited two-and-a-half years to get to court faces another nine-month delay due to a lack of Perspex screens.

Victims’ Commissioner for London, Claire Waxman, said today (16 September) the delay meant the victim would have waited nearly four years since the original incident. Perspex screens are a measure put in place to allow jury trials to go ahead...