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Coronavirus: Virtual courtrooms and smaller juries may be needed when trials resume after lockdown

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Virtual courtrooms and smaller juries may be needed if jury trials are able to resume after lockdown, the Lord Chief Justice has said.

Lord Burnett said 'radical measures' would need to be looked at but he would support moves to ensure trials were carried out safely.

Jury trials in England and Wales were put on hold on March 23 as Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the lockdown. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Lord Burnett, head of judiciary in England and Wales, said: "There is blue-sky thinking going on at the moment. "It is going to be necessary to look at more radical measures to enable jury trials to continue. "I would support a move in those circumstances to reduce the number of jurors needed for a trial. "Plainly it

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