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Court translator costs quadruple

The cost to taxpayers of providing translators in Scottish courts has quadrupled in the past six years, it was revealed yesterday.

The cost to taxpayers of providing translators in Scottish courts has quadrupled in the past six years, it was revealed yesterday.

In the last financial year £826,728 was spent providing translators for defendants, compared with £198,896 in 2003/04.