One morning in Liverpool Crown Court shows why Andy Burnham government’s U-turn is the correct decision

I sit in court week on week and I can tell you that jury trials are not the problemJuryless crown court trials, we hardly knew ye. Little over six months on from MPs voting through plans which would have seen all but the most serious cases decided by judges alone, rather than 12 of a defendant’s peers, justice secretary Alex Norris confirmed last weekend that the Andy Burnham regime would not be proceeding with the measures put forward under his predecessor.