Crown Court
Proper noun
Meaning
Crown Court
In England and Wales, a higher court of law that sits regularly in various regional locations, normally with a judge and jury. It deals with serious offences referred from magistrates' courts, as well as appeals against the decisions of magistrates' courts.
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A judge at Canterbury Crown Court sentenced Duncan, of Sandyhurst Lane in Ashford, to 22 months in a Young Offenders’ Institute and banned him from driving for 35 months.
At Williams’s sentencing yesterday, prosecutor Gregor McKinley told Southwark crown court: “This was a sophisticated fraud … and would have resulted in further loss to the taxpayer if it had not been discovered.”
A man has appeared at the Isle of Wight Crown Court charged with stealing hundreds of pounds of cash from a Newport shop – and being in possession of a knife.
Appearing at Canterbury Crown Court today, Ratcliffe, now working as an electrician, pleaded not guilty to all three charges.
Basildon Crown Court heard that the 40-year-old launched the attack when the victim answered the door.
At Inner London Crown Court, Okafor was sentenced to 24 months in a young offender institution for possessing a firearm and ammunition and carrying a knife in a public place.