This is a simplified view of a typical magistrates’ court layout. Most courtrooms are fairly similar, featuring the central and dominant magistrates’ bench (which is often raised on a platform). Between this and the lawyers tables for the prosecution and defence there is space for the court legal advisor.… Read more “Example of a Magistrates’ Court Layout”
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Sentencing Framework in Outline
Sentencing Framework in Outline
This diagram helps to explain the Sentencing Framework used by magistrates for the sentencing of adult offenders.
The sentencing options available depend upon the appropriateness of punishment and the seriousness of the offence. They range from discharge to fine, community order to custody, with or without separate fines.… Read more “Sentencing Framework in Outline”
Gallery: Stoneleigh Abbey ~ Missing Monument Murders
The Missing Monument Murders by Judy Stove is a veiled story of power, wealth, dark deeds and intrigue. In 1806, Jane Austen’s relative, the Reverend Thomas Leigh, came into vast estates and the mood in the extended Leigh/Austen family was jubilant.… Read more “Gallery: Stoneleigh Abbey ~ Missing Monument Murders”
Murderers or Martyrs: Witness Statements in the Case of Devlin and Burns
The following statements are referenced in George Skelly’s book Murderers or Martyrs which asserts that a terrible miscarriage of justice occurred in the investigation, trial, conviction and execution of Alfred Burns and Edward Devlin for the murder of Alice Rimmer in 1950s Liverpool.… Read more “Murderers or Martyrs: Witness Statements in the Case of Devlin and Burns”
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