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England and Wales jury trial plans face warning from Sir Brian Leveson. The retired senior judge says changes are needed to address delays in the criminal courts. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has raised concerns about proposals to reduce access to jury trials.

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00:00I'm not sure. It depends, I think, upon.
00:03I think it would be important not to just make every trial juryless.
00:11I think it'd have to depend on the level of what the crime is as well.
00:17Technically, I'd normally say, have a jury.
00:19But the backlog is so great and I've got people waiting years.
00:24Especially if it's a woman and a sex crime. You've got to wait years.
00:27I've never appeared in a courtroom in my life, only for the prosecution.
00:34So, I don't know. It's up for debate, that one.
00:38There's a lot of silly people get on juries who haven't got a clue about life.
00:43If you think back to the old adage, you know, two heads are better than one.
00:48I'm not against it. You know, I suppose everybody has their own opinions.
00:53But no, I think that'd be a good idea. Yeah.
00:56To try and get the right justice and the right result, really, the outcome,
01:05I think perhaps jury is still very valid.
01:10There was a moment a fellow broke into a house and robbed a telly.
01:14And this woman said,
01:15Hey, they placed a telly, though, didn't they?
01:17So I could have given a better one.
01:19I said, well, they gave her a better one.
01:20It was a matter of, they broke into her house and robbed a telly.
01:26I suppose so.
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