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The recording of sound or images in English courts had been banned since 1925. In 2013, it was relaxed and certain Court of Appeal cases were allowed to be recorded or filmed. Since 2018, some cases had been streamed online. [3] Several media organisations, including BBC News, ITN and Sky News had campaigned to have the law relaxed for over 20 ...
There were 14,865 outstanding sexual offence cases, of which 3,291 were for adult rape allegations, according to PA news agency analysis. Prosecutors have warned victims are facing waiting times ...
On the second day of defence evidence, eleven people were arrested for alleged contempt of court after protesting outside the court holding signs saying "jurors have the right to hear the whole truth". By the final day there were more than 80 protestors outside the courtroom. [7] The court dropped its proceedings against the eleven arrested. [5]
The current Crown Court was established on 1 January 1972 by the Courts Act 1971, [6] establishing a unitary trial court for the whole jurisdiction. With the merging of the various court services into what is now HM Courts and Tribunals Service, the Crown Court frequently shares facilities with the County Court and magistrates' courts.
R v Rhian Graham, Milo Ponsford, Jake Skuse and Sage Willoughby, known as the Colston four, was a British court case surrounding the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston, involving four defendants accused of criminal damage in relation to the removal and dumping in the harbour of the controversial statue in Bristol in 2020 during a protest.
Precognition in Scots law is the practice of precognoscing a witness, that is the taking of a factual statement from witnesses by both prosecution and defence after indictment or claim but before trial. This is often undertaken by trainee lawyers or precognition officers employed by firms; anecdotal evidence suggests many of these are former ...
Follow The Post’s live updates from the courtroom as Daniel Penny, 26, stands trial for manslaughter after putting homeless man Jordan Neely, 30, in a chokehold onboard the subway in 2023.
Daniel Penny, the man who was accused of criminally negligent homicide in the May 2023 death of a 30-year-old man on a New York City subway, was acquitted earlier this week.