'How to help clear the huge court backlog' - Your Letters: January 3

UNCLE NORBERT'S JUSTICE PLAN

Uncle Norbert and I are very much in favour of swift justice and therefore applaud the Government for thinking about dropping trial by jury, in some cases, to help clear the huge court backlog.

To speed things up even more why not do away with a trial for any of the naughty scallywags who have three or more convictions and just find them automatically guilty? 

If they didn't do that particular crime they are bound to have committed other undetected crimes as career criminals. This policy worked really well for the Met police during the 1960s and 70s and the public.

The newly convicted felon should be made to wear a striped t-shirt with the word "Con" all over it, a black mask, carry a bag marked "Swag" and immediately be sent home with an ankle monitoring tag to have a nice cup of tea while they await the availability of a prison place.