{"id":"4b3b12b8-3e01-4930-a5fd-fee6e397bd8e","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crq5nd9dgz68o","domain":"bbc.co.uk","outlet":{"name":"BBC","country":"GB","cred":5,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"British Broadcasting Corporation"},"title":"Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials","plainHeadline":"Burnham scraps plans to curb jury trials","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Prime Minister Andy Burnham scrapped plans to curb some jury trials.","The government proposed judge-alone decisions for cases with under three years' potential sentence.","Criminal backlog stood at nearly 81,000 cases, with projections to 100,000 before the next election.","Justice Secretary Alex Norris said he changed course after hearing strong opposition.","Criminal Bar Association chair Andrew Thomas warned against shifting 25,000 cases out of Crown Court."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:07:30.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-04T03:11:58.874Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/0d272517-4749-4daf-8d69-0edddbde3078","storyId":"0d272517-4749-4daf-8d69-0edddbde3078","image":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/875b/live/13cc5cb0-bf38-11f1-88b2-23b6d574e863.jpg","author":"Dominic Casciani; George Wright","dek":"Sir Keir Starmer's government proposals to scrap many jury trials are to be scrapped."}