Vulnerable Scots witnesses left to wait hours over delays in bringing criminals into court
dailyrecord.co.ukVulnerable witnesses in trials are being left to wait for hours due to delays in accused criminals being brought into court.
The blame is being put on GEOAmey, which has a £240million contract to escort prisoners. In July, we told how its Scottish Prison Service deal was close to collapse, with up to 50 transfers a week missed.
Paul Sweeney, of Moir and Sweeney Litigation, has had several cases in which a client has been hours late to Glasgow Sheriff Court.He said: “People in custody are either getting brought to court late or we can’t get them brought up into the custody cells.
All this does is leave people who are vulnerable – in custody or witnesses – waiting hours wondering what is going to happen.“Last week we had a young man on remand.
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