Guilty face paying defence costs
Guilty face paying defence costs
By Dominic Casciani Home affairs reporter, BBC News |
Minister say the legla aid bill is "unsustainable" |
Comfortably-off defendants who are convicted of a significant crime could repay their state-funded defence.
The government says it wants to means-test defendants appearing in Crown Court cases and could run pilots in five areas of England and Wales.
Ministers say the
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