HC Deb 06 November 1991 vol 198 c121W
Mr. Butcher

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prosecutions for murder in the last 10 years have been terminated before or during court proceedings as a result of failure of material witnesses to attend;

(2) how many proceedings for malicious wounding and grievous bodily harm have been terminated during the last 10 years as a result of failure of material witnesses to attend.

Mr. John Patten

Information collected centrally does not identify the number of court cases which are terminated because of a failure of material witnesses to attend.