[Bonnyboy]

I did a stint at Burnley Crown Court, noticed all the secretaries typing out reams of paperwork through an open window. The costs involved must be astronomical in preparing all the paperwork for one trial alone, then for it to collapse on what seems like the whim of one person … It must be frustrating for everyone involved.

There are loads of cases where the defendant pleads guilty on the day of going to trial, thousands per year I would guess, there were 6 such cases in my two weeks at Burnley.

It really is interesting if you sit on a jury for a trial tho.