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Groomers and child abductors could be jailed without juries in major courts shake-up

Groomers and child abductors could be jailed without juries in major courts shake-up

More than 150 offences - such as sexual grooming, child abduction or causing death by careless driving - would no longer be tried by a jury under a major proposal

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