New Pictures Criminals ‘free to roam streets’ after an IT breakdown in courts up and down the country

CRIMINALS could be free to roam the streets because of an IT breakdown which has caused chaos in courts up and down the country.

Trials have been adjourned and delayed and thousands of other cases disrupted after the computer system that serves hundreds of courts in England and Wales failed.

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Chris Henley QC, of the Criminal Bar Association said ‘the system is on its knees’[/caption]

Lawyers and judges were also hit by the malfunction as the secure email system they use went down on Monday.

Legal professionals have warned that because of the IT breakdown defendants could be detained for longer than legally allowed – risking them being released before facing a trial.

The Criminal Bar Association told The Times that it estimated around 30 trials had already been adjourned and one senior member claimed that the system was ‘on its knees’.

Last week 75,000 judges and lawyers who use the email system were locked out, but has since been partially resolved, as the new completion date has been delayed from March to 2020.

A spokesman for the MOJ said: “We apologise to those who have been affected by the network issues that we have been experiencing over recent days.

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“The urgent work we have been carrying out with our suppliers has led to significant improvements today, but this work is ongoing and we have contingency plans in place.

“While services have continued to operate and alternative network access is now in place for most, we know how frustrating this is for anyone affected and we are disappointed that our suppliers haven’t yet been able to resolve the network problems in full.

“We continue to work with them to return services to normal.”

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Professionals have warned that the IT breakdown could potentially result in defendants released before getting to trial[/caption]

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