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our home and legal correspondent dominic casciani has been talking to �*jenny�* — not her real name —keep somebody in trauma and you... you don't give them the therapy that they need? and i thought, what hope have i got, what hope have i got for any justice? i'm resilient, i've got support. what about individuals that have got no family, no friends? how many of those have walked away not because a crime didn't happen but because the system hasn't enabled their voice to come out? and that really makes me angry — that really makes me angry. she's been told she can't have therapy until the trial is over. she's not the only one — there are many people waiting a long time forjustice as our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani explained a little earlier. i think for many victims in the system, the old legal adage that justice delayed is justice denied has never been more true in the moment. the backlog is now a record 56,000. 56,000 outstanding cases. some of that has been exacerbated by the pandemic but lots of critics, including almost universally the legal establishment, says this

i'm joined by our legal affairs correspondent, dominic casciani.had to consider was a question from the official receiver, who looks into winding up companies. the official receiver said, in essence, the trustees knew a few years before collapse that the business model was unsustainable at kids company, and the defendants effectively should have foreseen it and stop it happening. in fact, in its final year, to spending about £20 million, and it had gone back to the government repeatedly for multi—million pound grants to keep going for top it collapsed amid allegations, which were investigated and discounted by the met police, of sexual and physical assaults. at the centre of that was what the trustees said was a critical point. in effect, thejudge agreed said was a critical point. in effect, the judge agreed with that, saying that although aspects of the charity's work were high—risk, the business model itself was not unsustainable and, had it not been for those unfounded allegations, the restructuring that had been agreed with government could hav

allegations, following the broadcast of a bbc newsnight report. 0ur legal affairs correspondent, dominic cascianie have to say? really serious allegations. particularly around the kind of organisation that camila batmanghelidjh was running, along with the trustees and chairman, alan yentob. she was a figure who commanded the respect of prime minister david cameron and other ministers and they backed her for a long time. the rescue package for the charity, which was spending about £20 million a year at the point of collapse, it fell apart because of the sexual assault allegations and other donors backed out. thejudge allegations and other donors backed out. the judge said today that while aspects of the charity work amongst some of the poorest in london and elsewhere were high—risk, the business model was not sustainable and the charity would have —— not unsustainable and the charity would have survived had it not been for the allegations. camila batmanghelidjh says she feels vindicated under thejudgment batmanghelidjh says she feels vindicated under the judgment is the first step in refuting lies

our home and legal correspondent dominic casciani has been talking to "jenny", not her real name, whohad allegedly sexually assaulted her could be delayed for over two years. and i said, you do mean 2021, don't you? you don't mean 2022? and they said, no, we mean 2022. and i got really angry. i mean, how can anyone believe that that is acceptable, that you keep somebody in trauma and you... you don't give them the therapy that they need? and i thought, what hope have i got, what hope have i got for any justice? i'm resilient, i've got support. what about individuals that have got no family, no friends? how many of those have walked away not because a crime didn't happen but because the system hasn't enabled their voice to come out? and that really makes me angry — that really makes me angry. our home affairs correspondent domic casciani is here with me now. we should explain, she has been told she can't have therapy until the trial is over. and like many others, she is facing years who? potentially into 2023 because _ she is facing years who? potentially into 2023 because there _ she

have had to be delayed could damage the criminal justice system for years. 0ur correspondent dominic casciani's a legal principle that justice delayed is justice denied, and that has never felt truer than it does right now to "jenny", a victim of sexual violence. she reported historical abuse in 2018. prosecutors asked her to delay therapy because it could affect her trial evidence. then, last autumn, she learnt that was still two years away. and i said, "you do mean 2021, don't you? "you don't mean 2022?" and they said, "no, we mean 2022." and i got really angry. i'm resilient, i've got support. what about individuals that have got no family, no friends? how many of those have walked away — not because a crime didn't happen but because the system hasn't enabled their voice to come out? jenny's wait forjustice is not unusual. the pandemic closed courts, often too small to hold judges, juries, lawyers and defendants safely. today, there is a record 56,000 cases waiting to be heard in england and wales. many new cases are now being timetabled for trial in 2023. but criminaljustice experts blame

dominic casciani reports.s a fundamental question aboutjustice. on a cold february morning in 2015, shamima begum left her home here in bethnal green in london for the final time. she secretly flew to turkey with two friends and within days, they had been smuggled into syria. they had fallen for the propaganda of the self—styled islamic state group. the militants told a well—crafted lie. be part of our utopia, they said. until you are shot or decapitated for disagreeing. and every brit who joined them encouraged others to follow. two weeks ago... leave your decadent western lifestyle behind, they said, marry a foreign fighter, have babies. and within a few weeks, shamima begum went from gcses tojihadi bride. this dutch fighter, seven years older, took her as his own. it was not going to be a happy ever after. the regime began to collapse as an international coalition bombed it to bits. both shamima's friends are now believed to be dead. her own babies, a boy and a girl, died within weeks of each other. and as