Tipping Point: Inside Britain’s broken justice system

• Defendants and victims talk about the impact of being trapped in a broken justice system, waiting for years – sometimes 2029 or 2030 – for it to end

• Witnesses are at risk of withdrawing from the case while suffering significant mental strain, and serious crimes could end up being unresolved

• Years of cuts by politicians, coupled with pandemic disruption and operational failures, have contributed to a spiralling backlog of cases, and now jury trials could be axed as a possible solution