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A judge sitting in Maidstone has slammed a private firm's failure to supply a court interpreter just days after official figures revealed the number of criminal cases that have collapsed since their appointment
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.'
