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"A fast-track trial pilot is under way at the Crown court in Reading to try and expedite cases" is shorthand for:
The Court will list matters for pointless additional hearings, often at an inconvenient time, in the hope of pressuring the Defendant and his legal team to change plea to guilty.
It's all been tried before.

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