HMCTS Interpreting Reports
Powys: Welshpool cannabis factory man's sentencing adjourned
The 39-year-old appeared via video link from HMP Berwyn, near Wrexham, alongside an Albanian-speaking prisoner who had volunteered to help him understand what the judge was about to tell him.
Laughter in Craigavon court as interpreter refers to district judge as 'Your Majesty'
Craigavon Magistrates Court erupted in laughter on Friday when the interpreter for a defendant referred to District Judge Bernie Kelly as ‘Your Majesty’.
Only two interpreters in the country - and neither of them in Oxford
A defendant’s pleas to allegations of child rape could not be taken – as there were only two interpreters in the UK able to speak his native tongue and neither were free to attend Oxford Crown Court.
Difficulties sourcing Kurdish interpreter among reasons for adjourning trials
A series of trials were adjourned due to lack of available court space or, in one case, difficulties sourcing a qualified interpreter.
