Judges wrong to bail defendants due to barristers’ strike, high court rules

Refusal to extend period defendants can be kept in jail awaiting trial in cases delayed by protest deemed error of judgmentJudges were wrong to refuse to extend the period defendants can be kept in jail awaiting trial in cases delayed by the criminal barristers’ strike, the high court has ruled.It accepted a challenge by the director of public prosecutions (DPP) to decisions taken by judges at Bristol and Manchester crown courts not to extend the period that three men in two cases could be