Wrongful convictions for coronavirus offences are feared to be slipping through the net after it emerged that more than a thousand cases will escape being reviewed for errors by prosecutors.
The Crown Prosecution Service announced in May that it would review every charge brought under the emergency coronavirus laws after unlawful charges and convictions were highlighted by The Times.
So far it has identified that of about 1,420 cases reviewed, 412 have been wrongly prosecuted, including all 246 under the Coronavirus Act.
However, The Times has learnt that at least 1,086 cases alleging breach of lockdown laws will not fall under the review, raising the prospect of many more unlawful prosecutions going through the courts.
These cases have been dealt with under a single justice
