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How long before we end up with a serious miscarriage of justice?
Isn’t it time ministers and Capita sat down with the interpreter groups and sorted this out?
Interpreter 'bite' mistake causes trial collapse
The trial at Snaresbrook (pictured) was halted on Friday afternoon after the Romanian language interpreter admitted mistakenly telling the court that the defendant had allegedly been ‘bitten’ rather than ‘beaten’ by the victim of the alleged offence
Justice for Sale: Chaos in the Courts
'Spending public money to "save" money seems to be the way to go'
Trial collapses after interpreter translates 'beaten' as 'bitten'
A burglary trial has collapsed after an interpreter mistakenly translated 'beaten' as 'bitten', in the latest embarrassment for the court service's privatised translation system
