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Court official left in tears after outburst at Rochdale sex gang trial

Manchester Evening News   /   News   /   19 April 2012

"This interpreter is terrible. They have only got half of it. How can we get justice?" 

Interpreter 'bite' mistake causes trial collapse

Catherine Baksi - Law Gazette.   /   News   /   19 April 2012

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

Aisha Maniar   /   News   /   17 April 2012

'Spending public money to "save" money seems to be the way to go'

Trial collapses after interpreter translates 'beaten' as 'bitten'

Daily Telegraph   /   News   /   17 April 2012


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


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