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Judge Heather Norton oversaw the hearing at Reading Crown Court on Wednesday [Brian Farmer/BBC] A judge has set a date for a trial after an 80-year-old man was accused of murdering a 76-year-old man.
In 1981 the county council moved to a new Shire Hall at Shinfield Park and subsequently it was used solely by the Crown Court. [6] Important cases heard by Reading Crown Court included the trial and conviction of Leslie Bailey for the murder of Mark Tildesley in December 1992 [8] and the trial and conviction of Llewellyn Adams, Indrit Krasniqi ...
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.
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 ...
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The Crown Court is the only court in England and Wales that has the jurisdiction to try cases on indictment, and when exercising such a role, it is a superior court in that its judgments cannot be reviewed by the Administrative Court of the King's Bench Division of the High Court. The Crown Court is an inferior court in respect of the other ...
In early April 2005, Adrian "Redz" Thomas, a drug dealer and violent criminal [9] from Battersea, used a pseudonym to rent a flat on Reading's Oxford Road near Reading West railway station. [2] [10] [11] In mid April, Thomas was the victim of an assault in the flat, and was robbed of money, personal possessions, and drugs. He also sustained ...
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