I’m planning a YouTube video on this, so I won’t say too much here, but I will say that a case in which I was witness/complainant finally inched its way to a conclusion in the magistrates’ court (seven months after the events involved) recently.

And although the communications were poor from start to finish, the system did get there in the end (in my opinion). I was even awarded compensation - although given this is only paid to me when the offender pays the court, I’m not spending it quite yet.

Much like my brief experience of jury service in 2024, the whole thing convinced me that our justice system is hopelessly inefficient - whether the root cause is not enough money or something else, it’s hard to say, but it felt like a large part of the problem.

I feel an e-mail to my MP coming on.