I'm surprised at all the feet dragging in this matter. Apart from the fact that the case is pure bullshit in the first place - offensive to any healthy natural sense of fairness - don't you folks have the right to a speedy trial on the books?
Of all the European (or rather EU) Mickey-Mouse-states, the U.K. would have been the last one I would've pegged for fascist tendencies. Unbelievable.