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Prosecutors dropped charges against a cannabis farmer who claimed to have been enslaved into the drugs trade - and whose lawyer was forced to use Google Translate after an interpreter failed to show-up for a second time.
The case of a man accused of murdering his wife has been adjourned as there was no interpreter to translate proceedings for him.
WHILE the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) continues to review whether the qualifications for court interpreters are good enough, cases are still being delayed by the lack of any interpreter at all.
An advocate said he had battled to communicate with his cannabis farmer-accused client using Google Translate – as no interpreter was available.