The number of magistrates at the Tours judicial court is significantly lower than the national average, in relation to the population of its jurisdiction, revealed in front of local elected officials of Indre-et-Loire, this Monday, July 4, the president of the judicial court and the public prosecutor of Tours. They denounce a too heavy workload for the Tours magistrates and ask for reinforcements.
We are making huge efforts
– Grégoire Dulin, public prosecutor of Tours
“We have made a big effort over the past three years to speed up justice in Indre-et-Loire and make more decisions before the criminal court, assures the public prosecutor of Tours, Grégoire Dulin. We have rapid hearing times: between 90 and 95% people appear within six months of committing an offence.
All this, despite low numbers. Compared to the population, there are half as many magistrates in the jurisdiction of the tribunal of Tours (Indre-et-Loire) as in the other French jurisdictions, on average, and one-third fewer civil servants in the registry office. “Today, we have reached a critical threshold, magistrates and civil servants cannot do morecontinues the public prosecutor.