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A man has been found guilty of murdering an 86-year-old widow and trying to set her on fire. The body of Una Crown was found at her bungalow on Magazine Lane in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 13 ...
Two men have been found guilty of murdering a 30-year-old in a stabbing in a park last summer. A jury found Daniel Larman and Kieran Okocha-Sleight guilty of the murder of Tommy Boon in Miller's ...
Simon Vickers was convicted at Teesside Crown Court in the U.K. on Monday, Jan. 27, following his daughter Scarlett's death on July 5, 2024 ... “Sadly, today’s verdict will not bring Scarlett ...
Magistrates have the power to send any offence triable either way to the Crown Court but, even if they elect to try the case themselves, the accused retains the right to elect for a Crown Court trial with a jury. [5] Summary offences are tried by magistrates and there is no right of Crown Court trial by jury. During the 21st century some ...
In 2007, there were 91 locations in England and Wales at which the Crown Court regularly sat. [4] Crown Court centres are designated in one of three tiers: first-tier centres are visited by High Court judges for criminal and also for civil cases (in the District Registry of the High Court); second-tier centres are visited by High Court judges for criminal work only; and third-tier centres are ...
The Crown Court will consider whether the decision of the magistrates' court was correct rather than whether it was reasonable. The Crown Court may confirm, reverse or vary the original decision or may remit the case to the magistrates' court. [8] When acting in this capacity, the Crown Court may not order a sentence which the magistrates ...
Backlog has risen every single month this year – as waiting times soar for victims and defendants
The Court of Appeal may quash any sentence which is the subject of the appeal and in place of it pass such sentence as they think is appropriate, so long as taking the case as a whole, the appellant is not dealt with more severely by the Court of Appeal than by the Crown Court. [12] Appeals against findings of unfitness to plead [13]