UK courts charge exorbitant fees to release transcripts of hearings against Muslim rape gang members; some courts flat out refuse to release them

 Open Justice UK is working to uncover buried grooming gang trial transcripts in the UK, which have been inaccessible as the courts are charging exorbitant fees to obtain copies; in one instance, the fees were £7,000.

To overcome this, the Open Justice UK team started a crowdfunding campaign and has raised over £100,000. So far, they have submitted 33 court transcript requests; 14 have been partially approved and 5 rejected, including one by Justice Jonathan Rose who claimed releasing the transcript would be “contrary to the public interest.”

Last week, Conservative Member of Parliament Katie Lam confronted Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips in Parliament over Labour’s diluted promises of local grooming gang inquiries. It went viral. Some of Ms. Lam’s revelations came from the transcripts Open Justice UK had obtained....<<<Read More>>>...