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National Audit Office finds 182 magistrate trials between January and March have collapsed due to lack of interpreter
Magistrates have been gagged in an attempt to conceal embarrassing details of problems with court interpreters following privatisation of translation services in England and Wales
'As far back as February 2012 a spokesperson for ALS/Capita claimed they already had 3,000 registered interpreters on their books. The hearings have revealed that in point of fact only 280 of these had successfully completed the assessment process by the start of the contract.'
The founder of the company at the centre of the court interpreting debacle today blamed ‘intimidation’ and ‘quite horrendous’ threats by interpreters boycotting his company for its failure to meet targets
