HMCTS Interpreting Reports
'Dine and dash' homeless man 'missing' amid court confusion
A farce resembling a scene from a Carry On film saw a judge told that neither the prosecution nor defence had any idea where the defendant was after a string of aborted hearings due to a lack of interpreters.
No Finnish interpreter found
A Finnish interpreter was not available to assist Luistinen and the case had to be put back.
District Judge Briony Clarke said she was 'very sorry' the court had been unable to find an interpreter.
Judge used Google Translate to speak to African asylum seeker
Case against Eritrean national adjourned because no interpreter who spoke his language could be found
Sentencing adjourned because interpreter was only booked for half a day
Attempts were made to extend the interpreter’s booking for the full day, but they already had prior a engagement booked by the time the request was made.
