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Wonder how many millions have been spent on this ?

I heard that on the news, it's a twenty year old case, imagine the greedy Lawyers, various Judges, and barristers that have been feeding at that trough..aand we moan about Politician's.

As reported on the radio it was decided that the defendants couldn't get a fair trial because some of the evidence has been destroyed.

To my mind you would look at what evidence you have, what you're missing and the implications of what you don't have. Arguably this is forseeable so should the CPS have proceeded ?

Why does it get to court before fundamental flaws are discovered ?

"Why does it get to court before fundamental flaws are discovered ?"

See my point above, trough-Lawyer.

From a report at BBC website

"The cost of the investigations and trials is thought to run into tens of millions, with one estimate putting it as high as ?30m"

Okay, it's a ballpark figure but what if it's about right ? This is not an isolated instance of a case collapsing in court. It happens fairly frequently and yet it's rarely the subject of major discussion in terms of costs, value for money and possible remedies (such as people doing their jobs properly).