问答题 Hundreds of criminal cases fail to make it to court because of paperwork delays and other problems in the justice system, it has been revealed. According to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, 4, 000 suspects failed to appear before magistrates because the Crown Prosecution Service did not get their files ready in time. But the CPS said the 4, 000 represented only a fifth of a per cent of the total number of criminal cases dealt with in the courts. Of the 4, 000, almost 100 were thought to be alleged sex attackers and 700 cases involved violent attacks, according to the figures, which relate to the past three years in England and Wales. Magistrates had no option but to reject CPS calls for repeated adjournments and throw out the cases when the paperwork did not materklize. Hundreds of criminal cases fail to make it to court because of paperwork delays and other problems in the justice system, it has been revealed. According to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, 4, 000 suspects failed to appear before magistrates because the Crown Prosecution Service did not get their files ready in time. But the CPS said the 4, 000 represented only a fifth of a per cent of the total number of criminal cases dealt with in the courts. Of the 4, 000, almost 100 were thought to be alleged sex attackers and 700 cases involved violent attacks, according to the figures, which relate to the past three years in England and Wales. Magistrates had no option but to reject CPS calls for repeated adjournments and throw out the cases when the paperwork did not materklize. 无