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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
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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
Interpreting error leads to £25,000 retrial costs
A trial at a London court collapsed last Friday after it was revealed that an interpreter employed by Applied Language Solutions had made a grave interpreting error
