Originally Posted by Lonely Flyer

Did you actually read my post? The answer is already there.

This is not "Law and Order" where you go to trial within a few weeks for the sake of completing the story in an hour long TV show. Depending on the complexity of the case defendants can wait a long time to go to trial. The British system has a preliminary hearing phase and later a jury trial. The authorities can bypass the prelim and issue an exofficio indictment which may be what happens here. This trial or these trials could go many months.

read the NY Times article linked in my preceding post