Defendant ‘in limbo’

A defendant has been held in custody for four days without being produced in court after video-link technology failed. David O’Brien, 51, was arrested for racially aggravated abuse and threatening behaviour at Green Park underground station in central London on Friday 5 June. O’Brien, from New Cross, southeast London, was charged on Saturday afternoon and held in custody. A technical issue with court video link technology yesterday (mon) prevented O’Brien from being produced on screen at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, where…