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Tuesday, 11 September 2012

The Wonderful World of IT


Court today and an opportunity to see the CPS's new digital process in operation.

see here for the plan

The Crown Prosecutor's laptop looked like something found in a skip, and performed like one! Time after time her attempt to connect to the Internet, and so access various case files, failed.
Records of past offending, vital under the new Guidelines for assessing seriousness - not available!
Details of convictions previously dealt with by a Conditional Discharge, and liable for re-sentencing - not available!
Current bail conditions - not available (although the defendant kindly provided them himself)!

It's not the Prosecutors' fault, they are doing their best with inadequate equipment and a system not up to the task, but that's no help to the Courts.

Welcome to the future.
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