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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 some places, a building is now shared with the Crown Court (as at Maidstone Combined Court Centre, for example), the Family Court, or a magistrates' court. The judicial business of the County Court is now carried out by circuit judges (a term introduced by the Courts Act 1971 ) and district judges (as the post of registrar was renamed by ...
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, Michael Johnson, Jamaile Morally, Joshua Morally and Adrian Thomas for the murder of Mary-Ann Leneghan in March 2012. [9]
Crown Court in Reading. The Crown Court is the criminal court of first instance in England and Wales responsible for hearing all indictable offences, some either way offences and appeals of the decisions of magistrates' courts. It is one of three Senior Courts of England and Wales. [1] The Crown Court sits in around 92 locations in England and ...
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 ...
This is a list of the current titular and honorary recorders in the Courts of England and Wales, together with the Crown Court venue at which they sit. The title of honorary recorder is awarded by a borough council to a judge who sits at the Crown Court within or associated with their area. It is intended to mark the link between the administration and judiciary. Conventionally the title is ...
The Crown Court also hears appeals against conviction and sentence from magistrates. [1] There are 91 locations in England and Wales at which the Crown Court regularly sits. [2] 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 ...
The Crown Court also hears appeals from magistrates' courts. 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.