Angela Rayner among those who could vote against the plan to end the right to a jury trial for some defendants
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Angela Rayner among those who could vote against the plan to end the right to a jury trial for some defendants
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The Courts and Tribunals Bill, which includes plans to limit jury trials to cases with a likely sentence of three years or more,…
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The former shadow attorney general has previously described the policy as 'undemocratic'
Only cases such as murder and rape or offences carrying sentence longer than three years would face jury under plans
