The wheels of justice ground to a halt in Central

The wheels of justice ground to a halt in Central London today (mon) as storms wreaked havoc across the country.

The Old Bailey was virtually at a standstill as lawyers, defendants and judges failed to battle their way into the capital.

Prison vans were caught up in nightmare traffic jams and scores of jurors stranded by blanket train cancellations jammed the Central Criminal Court’s switchboard.

By 11.

45am just two out of the Old Bailey’s 18 courts were sitting with huge disruptions also reported at London’s other Crown Courts.

The chaos will add millions to the spiralling weather bill – each Old Bailey court costs a hundred pounds a minute per defendant to run.

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