This is also up 11% from 67,317 a year earlier, according to latest Ministry of Justice figures. The data also showed 5,564 cases had been open for two years or more at the end of December ...

The Ministry of Justice has vowed to investigate the case fully. Teesside Crown Court has heard the 14-year-old died after being stabbed through the heart on July 5 last year (Alamy/PA ...