Podcasts about Crown Court

Research shows that smacking a child can be physically and emotionally damaging and it's not an effective way to discipline them. In some parts of the UK, such as Scotland and Wales, smacking a child is against the law, even if you're just visiting. But in England and Northern Ireland, the law is different - parents can still claim a defence of ‘reasonable punishment'.In this episode, Alma-Constance and Lucinda speak to Amy Packham, a criminal barrister, Deputy Head of Lamb Building chambers, and a part-time Crown Court judge.Together, they explore:·       Why the law around smacking children is different in different parts of the UK·       Whether teachers or other adults are ever allowed to smack a child·       What the law means by ‘reasonable punishment'·       What happens if someone reports a parent for smacking their child·       How the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child fits into all of thisIf a child tells you they are being hit or they don't feel safe, it's important to act:➡️ Call 999 in an emergency➡️ Speak to an adult you trust➡️ Or contact a confidential service like Childline: 0800 1111➡️ If you're under 18 and want free, confidential advice, you can also call the NSPCC helpline: 0808 800 5000 or email help@nspcc.org.uk References and ResourcesFind your local social care team through your local council.NSPCC helpline (via phone, email or online form)Kids Law Interview Why are Children's Rights in Scotland the Strongest in the UK?S.58 The Children Act 2004NSPCC Survey 2024The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Report 2024Children's Commissioner for EnglandArticle 19 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child If you've got any questions, ideas about a topic or someone to interview, get in touch, we'd love to hear from you!! You can email us at kidslaw@spark21.org, contact us through the website: www.kidslaw.info or through social media: Facebook, X and Instagram @KidsLawInfo Please subscribe, rate, and share the podcast with your friends. See you soon in the next episode!

In May 2013, 17-year-old Georgia Williams vanished after telling her parents she was helping a friend with a photo shoot. That friend was Jamie Reynolds, a boy with a hidden obsession, a disturbing past, and a plan he had written in horrifying detail years before.This episode explores the chilling case of Georgia Williams's murder, the warning signs authorities ignored, and the predator hiding in plain sight. With exclusive insight, narrative depth, and haunting detail, we expose the cracks in the system that allowed a known threat to escalate into tragedy.Sources: https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/worlds-most-evil-killers/6655699059636331112/seasons/6/episodes/jamie-reynolds-episode-2/e7974646-335a-3892-ba8a-7e0386e3b62dJudiciary of England and Wales: In the Crown Court at Stafford. The Queen v Jamie Reynolds: Sentencing Remarks. December 19, 2013. https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/r-v-jamie-reynolds.pdf.Georgia Williams murder: 'Sexual deviant' Jamie Reynolds jailed for life after luring teenager to his home and hanging her. By Richard Vernalls for Independent.co.uk. December 20, 2013.'I cry endlessly from morning to night... we have been damned by evil to endure this misery to the end of our lives': Agony of father of murdered teenager Georgia Williams as her killer is jailed for life. By James Rushand Lucy Crossley - DailyMail.co.uk. December 19, 2013.Jamie Reynolds took photos of himself killing Georgia Williams, court hears. By Hayley Dixon for Telegraph.co.uk. December 2, 2013. Jamie Reynolds charged with murder of Georgia Williams. Telegraph.co.uk. June 1, 2013. Fears are growing for the safety of Georgia Williams, the missing 17-year-old daughter of a police officer, after a man whom she rejected on Valentine's Day was arrested. By Nick Britten For Telegraph.co.uk. May 29, 2013. Jamie Reynolds: Sex fantasy led to Georgia Williams murder. No Author Noted for BBC.com. October 14, 2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34475373. Timeline: Georgia Williams murder. No Author Noted for BBC.com. October 14, 2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-25137700. Georgia Williams: killer had been cautioned after similar attack. By Steven Morris for TheGuardian.com. October 15, 2015.Georgia Williams: police admit failing murdered 17-year-old: Serious case review finds 'shortfalls' in investigation of killer's previous offence by The Week Staff for TheWeek.com. October 14, 2015. https://theweek.com/56615/georgia-williams-police-admit-failing-murdered-17-year-old.

Host Becky Annison explores the UK's court backlog crisis and its troubling ripple effects throughout the justice system. Her guest, Adrian Usher, the UK's Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, explains how delayed trials are creating a bottleneck in prisons, with some Crown Court cases now being scheduled as far ahead as 2028, and he outlines the human cost of these systemic failures. Adrian explains why coming into his role as PPO after a long career as a police officer changed how he thinks about prison sentences, and he discusses with Becky the many difficulties inmates face under current prison conditions. This thought-provoking episode challenges legal professionals of all specialties to consider their duty to an increasingly strained justice system.

On Nick Ferrari at Breakfast, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his fiery meeting with Donald Trump is "regrettable" and "did not go the way it was supposed to".US Vice-President JD Vance denies insulting British troops over "random country" comment.Victims will receive swifter justice as the government announces record funding for the Crown Court. Nick speaks to Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood.All of this and more on Nick Ferrari - The Whole Show podcast.

In today's episode, we are joined by renowned solicitor Michael Madden from Madden Finucane Solicitors in Belfast. Michael takes us through his journey into law, beginning as a junior legal assistant on landmark legacy cases such as Bloody Sunday, and evolving the firm into one of the most respected names in human rights and criminal justice. Sarah and Michael also discuss the recent UK government announcement of a public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane as well as Michael's role in representing NI sub-postmasters wrongfully convicted in the infamous Post Office Scandal, widely regarded as one of the UK's most significant miscarriages of justice.  Michael Madden graduated in Law from Queen's University Belfast in 2002, was admitted as a Solicitor in 2006, and qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate in 2009. He previously worked for a respected London criminal firm where he completed his training contract.   About Michael Madden is a qualified solicitor-advocate specialising in criminal law. He represents clients throughout each stage of the criminal justice system, from clients under arrest in police stations, through to the Magistrates' Court, Crown Court, High Court, and the Court of Appeal. He also regularly represents prisoners before the Parole Commissioners of Northern Ireland. Michael also acts as a solicitor-advocate for clients detained under the Mental Health Order before the Mental Health Review Tribunal. He has a special interest in Human Rights Law. Michael has attended the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York as part of a human rights campaign team concerning the independence of lawyers, highlighting the murder of Pat Finucane in particular. Notable cases: NI Court of Appeal • R v Alan McLaughlin First Post Office / Horizon scandal case in Northern Ireland to have convictions overturned in 2022. • R v James Alexander Smith First referral in NI from the CCRC regarding joint enterprise for murder cases in 2022. • DPP Ref (Number 5 of 2019) Harrington Legen Jack Guideline sentencing case in NI for fraud and theft where the offender is in a position of trust. It also gave guidelines for the appropriate remedy where a court has found there has been a breach of the right to have a criminal hearing within a reasonable time. • R v Gerard Connors [2011] NICC 35 Successful application to reduce the tariff length of a life sentence for murder. • EM Successful application to overturn an extradition order to Germany in 2015. Other notable cases • Inga Maria Hauser murder Represented man arrested for murder but received a “no prosecution” decision from the PPS in 2020. • PPS v GK Represented man in the Magistrates' Court accused of being a “paedophile hunter” who received a non-custodial sentence in 2019. • R v BM Represented man in Belfast Crown Court who received a non-custodial sentence in 2016 for offences concerning bomb hoaxes and threats made to various individuals and airports in the USA and other countries. • PPS v TH Represented man accused of possessing a large amount of semtex acquitted in 2014. • R v FC Represented man accused of “sex slave ring” at Belfast Crown acquitted in 2012.

Also - criminal barristers are to withdraw from Crown Court cases in a row over legal aid

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This is a collection of highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Suzy Robinson on Crown Court, Danny Kodicek on Fox Tales, Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson on Why Don't You...?, Paul Abbott on Disneytime Rotadraw, Genevieve Jenner on Fruitopia, Adam S. Leslie on I Heard Your Name by Martin Rev and Justin Lewis on I Hate J.R. by The Wurzels. Along the way we'll be revealing when BBC Test Card F might actually be your less terrifying viewing option, listening to a 1970s heroin-y version of They Might Be Giants, arguing over whether the best Catatonia album was the first one or the first one, assessing the best way to draw TV's Simon And Simon, remaking the Bitter Sweet Symphony video with the bloke out of The Wurzels, speculating on the efficacy of Kiss-Me-Quick-Hats sported by popular television puppets, revisiting Jamiroquai's duet with some puppet caterpillars, soliciting The Jesus And Mary Chain's theories on Who Shot J.R.?, organising a day trip to the exact spot where Roland Rat pushed Kevin The Gerbil down a hill, shuddering at the thought of The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow's most repulsive exhibit and and revealing why the hippy trail is strewn with striking dustbins, cough medicine and Crown Court. Plus there's tips on how Blanco from Porridge can help your party go with a swing! Also there's extracts from Tim talking about Billy Liar on Goon Pod Film Club, Now - The Summer Album on Back To Now and George Martin's By George! on The Big Beatles Sort Out, and an extra bit of Bob and Georgy questioning Will Smith's approach to summertime scheduling...You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at timworthington.org.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. It's doubtful WIll Smith would have enough time for one though. Unless he drank it very, very quickly.

We kick off our Ian Marter retrospective with a look at his time at Oxford University. Thanks to back issues of St. Edmund Hall Magazine, we uncover new information that places Marter at Oxford three years earlier than is widely and incorrectly reported in other published sources. From our research, we found that Marter was at St. Edmund Hall, aka Teddy Hall, from 1963-1966 and was heavily involved with drama in the college's John Oldham Society and the Oxford's drama cuppers.Before Oxford, Marter went to school at the Beckenham and Penge Grammar School in Greater London and went to Oxford on a scholarship to study English language and literature. Among other highlights, Marter directed a well received production of John Osbourne's Luther in 1964 during the Trinity Term of his freshman year at the Oxford Playhouse. He also acted in productions of Fire in Heaven, The Sport of My Mad Mother, and Anton Checkov's The Cherry Orchard. In his final year at St. Edmund Hall, Marter co-starred in Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting for Gadot and was in Richard Burton's production of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe which was also released as a film in 1967, giving Marter his first screen credit. Marter was awarded a Class III degree from St. Edmund Hall, which may help explain why he never corrected the record about his time at Oxford.After leaving Oxford in 1966, he landed an assistant stage manager job at the Bristol Old Vic and by the following year, he was acting once again. We briefly talk about his small role in the Vincent Price horror film, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, and his reoccurring role in ITV's Crown Court where he played a police constable and then barrister, Quentin Ingrams, QC. Finally, we discuss being cast as Lt. John Andrews in "Carnival of Monsters" and how Doctor Who may have been different if he landed the role of Capt. Mike Yates a few years earlier. The opening and closing music is "Sinfonietta: IV. Allegrteto," composed by Leoš Janáček and performed by the Pro Arte Orchestra, which was the opening theme for ITV's Crown Court. We recorded this episode on 12-13 August 2024.

Last April, Jonathan Creswell's trial for the rape and murder of 21-year-old Katie Simpson opened in Derry's Crown Court. But as we heard in yesterday's episode, it only sat for one day. In today's episode, part 2, journalist Tanya Fowles explains how the prosecution's opening statements painted a terrifying picture of what really happened to Katie Simpson at the hands of her sister's long term boyfriend. And we also hear how Creswell, a manipulator and serial abuser, used the women in his life to help cover up his crimes.Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan. This episode was originally published in June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is writer Genevieve Jenner, who's tilting the high school soda vending machine in search of any trace of The Hilarious House Of Frightenstein, What A Way To Go! and karmically aware soft drink Fruitopia. Along the way we'll be debating whether Count Chocula is an appropriate breakfast option for 'special occasions', critically assessing Michael Powell's Xtro, shuddering at the thought of The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow's most repulsive exhibit and and revealing why the hippy trail is strewn with striking dustbins, cough medicine and Crown Court.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Genevieve on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Boomerang, Over The Top, Bossa Nova, Thorazine Shuffle by Bongos Bass And Bob, Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen and OK Soda here.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. No there is no way in which it can be improved by Fruitopia.

Last April, Jonathan Creswell's trial for the rape and murder of 21-year-old Katie Simpson opened in Derry's Crown Court. But as we heard in yesterday's episode, it only sat for one day. In today's episode, part 2, journalist Tanya Fowles explains how the prosecution's opening statements painted a terrifying picture of what really happened to Katie Simpson at the hands of her sister's long term boyfriend. And we also hear how Creswell, a manipulator and serial abuser, used the women in his life to help cover up his crimes. Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sunday Times Best Seller, million copy and twice long-listed for the McIllvanney Scottish Crime Book of the Year and an author whose books have been translated across the globe, Helen Fields consistently produces high impact, compelling novels that readers love.A former criminal and family law barrister, Helen has the expertise and experience to make the characters and plots scorch with authenticity. With a background as both a prosecutor and defence counsel, Helen Fields has a depth of knowledge about crime that lends a fierceness to her writing. From Courts Martials to care proceedings, the Coroner Courts to the Crown Court, Fields draws on her professional years for the extraordinary colour and texture that makes her writing jump off the page.The 'Perfect' series, set in Edinburgh, introduced the world to DI Luc Callanach. This year saw the release of Degrees of Guilt, her first psychological thriller in the name HS Chandler, a book as shockingly realistic as it is darkly entertaining. ​Helens' latest character creation is Dr Connie Woolwine, an American forensic psychologist and profiler, based on a real FBI Agent who consulted on the first book. You can find Connie in The Shadow Man, One For Sorrow and The Institution. And look out for her latest propulsive thriller Profile K.​.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is writer and soprano Suzy Robinson, who's pressing the Magic Button in the hope of conjuring up recollections of Crown Court, Now That's What I Call Music! 4, Nicol Williamson's reading of The Hobbit, Floodtide and Gus Honeybun's Magic Birthdays. Along the way we'll be finding out how Morten Harket accidentally ended up in Dorking, writing in to Stanley Spencer's Magic Birthdays, revealing when BBC Test Card F might actually be your less terrifying viewing option and debating whether J.R.R. Tolkien's prose is better enhanced by deeply ingrained record scratches or by Bernard Cribbins banging his head on the studio ceiling.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us  a coffee here. Or you could write in to Gus Honeybun, I suppose, but even though he almost certainly had his own branded mugs where the transfer came off the first time you washed them, I severely doubt he had his own Magic Birthdays Roast.

Sarah sits down with solicitor Ciaran Moynagh from Phoenix Law in Belfast.  Ciaran talks about how he became a lawyer specialising in human rights, equality, family law and specialist criminal defence.  Listeners might be familiar with some of Ciaran's high-profile cases including Lee v Asher's Bakery Company (the ‘gay cake' case) as well as his work around advancing same sex marriage and transgender rights in Northern Ireland.  Ciaran Moynagh is an experienced Solicitor Advocate with a diverse caseload that points to his passion for human rights & equality, family & matrimonial law and specialist criminal defence.  Ciaran is a multi-award-winning solicitor with a reputation for both challenging public bodies and the decisions they make, and also representing the interests of his clients in family courts and criminal trials. Ciaran acted in the same sex marriage legal challenge known as Petition X and also advised on the legislation ultimately used to introduce same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland. As part of the Love Equality Consortium he was instrumental in the campaign for equal marriage including talks with NI's political leaders.  He represented the couple, Laura Lacole and Eunan O'Kane in the legal challenge which secured the right for couples in Northern Ireland to register humanist marriages. Other successful judicial reviews resulted in greater protection of the privacy of transgender people in the UK and access to fertility treatment for same sex couples. Ciaran also acts for a number of charities mainly around potential interventions into legal challenges. He was instructed by the AIRE Centre in an immigration case before the European Court of Justice as well as for the Royal College of Midwives in JR 76 which challenged the prosecution of a mother for purchasing abortion pills online. More recently he has advised and assisted with an application by Mr Lee to the European Court of Human Rights in the internationally debated matter of Lee -v- Asher's Bakery, the so-called “gay cake” case. Ciaran also has a passion for family and matrimonial law and regularly appears before Family Courts at all tiers. He is the Northern Ireland representative of the UK & Ireland LGBT Family Law Institute as well as a member of the Northern Ireland Children Order Panel.  In 2021 he was made a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers as well as being added to the solicitor panel for the Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency. In his family work, Ciaran deals with private law contact / residence disputes that include complex issues such as emotional abuse commonly called parent alienation. He also regularly deals with public law family matters that have social services involved due to allegations of abuse, neglect or non-accidental injury. Ciaran has specialist knowledge and expertise on same sex family's creation and representation. Ciaran is one of the few lawyers in NI giving expert advice on both domestic and international surrogacy arrangements. In a criminal context, Ciaran has been a long-standing member of the Belfast duty solicitor scheme. He has particular expertise in cases involving online legal issues, for example, social media harassment, revenge porn and so-called ‘paedophile hunters' stings. Ciaran retains a criminal defence caseload exclusively dealing with complex fraud, terrorism and sexual offences providing robust representation right from police station right through to the Crown Court.

Episode 1 of 2: OVERVIEWA raw and compelling, podcast following Host and Investigative Reporter, Mark Williams-Thomas, as he re-investigates one of the biggest unsolved murder cases in the country that has baffled the police for almost 30 years.In a UK first, Mark puts his own money and reputation on the line to conduct a thorough re-investigation into the disappearance and murder of 18-year old Nicola Payne, to try to give answers to her family and find out where her remains could be.With full support from Nicola's grieving family, total access to all of West Midlands polices case files, and the UK's top private forensic search team, our podcast captures the twists and turns of a very real investigation.THE STORY Saturday 14 December 1991 – Coventry. 18-year-old mum-of-one Nicola Payne set off from her boyfriend's house to walk the short distance to the home she shared with her parents, across an area called the 'black pad'. Although it was just a 10-minute walk, she never made it to her parents' house. She simply vanished.Nearly 30 years on, her body has never been found. It's the biggest and most expensive unsolved case in the history of West Midlands Police - and one of the biggest in the UK, which they are desperate to solve, hence their total co-operation.Within 48 hours of her disappearance two men, Barwell and O'Reilly, were arrested on suspicion of Nicola's abduction and murder. They gave an alibi which at that time could not be broken and, although they went on the run whilst on bail and changed their identity meaning they could not be picked out at an ID parade, the police did not have enough evidence to charge them.At the time the police found several items of significance, but forensics was in its infancy.In 2015, nearly 25 years after Nicola's disappearance, a cold-case investigation team made a crucial discovery with the case evidence; advancements in forensics resulted in finding Nicola's DNA on the tent bag recovered in 1991. Both men, Barwell and O'Reilly, were charged with her murder. At their Crown Court trial the defence argued that the evidence linking the suspects to Nicola had been contaminated whilst in police care. Subsequently, both men were acquitted.Nicola's family were desperate for another breakthrough but the police leads had gone cold again. All her, now elderly parents, want is to bring Nicola home so they can bury her. In 2018 they asked Mark to re-investigate her disappearance, to seek answers and to try and find Nicola.Mark Williams-Thomas has agreed to help the family and re-investigate the disappearance and murder of Nicola Payne, to date he has done it all pro bono, Mark believes the answers lie within the community and is determined to find them. Mark's investigation, gives listeners an all-access pass to see what it's like to undertake a cold case murder investigation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 2 of 2: OVERVIEWA raw and compelling, podcast following Host and Investigative Reporter, Mark Williams-Thomas, as he re-investigates one of the biggest unsolved murder cases in the country that has baffled the police for almost 30 years.In a UK first, Mark puts his own money and reputation on the line to conduct a thorough re-investigation into the disappearance and murder of 18-year old Nicola Payne, to try to give answers to her family and find out where her remains could be.With full support from Nicola's grieving family, total access to all of West Midlands polices case files, and the UK's top private forensic search team, our podcast captures the twists and turns of a very real investigation.THE STORY Saturday 14 December 1991 – Coventry. 18-year-old mum-of-one Nicola Payne set off from her boyfriend's house to walk the short distance to the home she shared with her parents, across an area called the 'black pad'. Although it was just a 10-minute walk, she never made it to her parents' house. She simply vanished.Nearly 30 years on, her body has never been found. It's the biggest and most expensive unsolved case in the history of West Midlands Police - and one of the biggest in the UK, which they are desperate to solve, hence their total co-operation.Within 48 hours of her disappearance two men, Barwell and O'Reilly, were arrested on suspicion of Nicola's abduction and murder. They gave an alibi which at that time could not be broken and, although they went on the run whilst on bail and changed their identity meaning they could not be picked out at an ID parade, the police did not have enough evidence to charge them.At the time the police found several items of significance, but forensics was in its infancy.In 2015, nearly 25 years after Nicola's disappearance, a cold-case investigation team made a crucial discovery with the case evidence; advancements in forensics resulted in finding Nicola's DNA on the tent bag recovered in 1991. Both men, Barwell and O'Reilly, were charged with her murder. At their Crown Court trial the defence argued that the evidence linking the suspects to Nicola had been contaminated whilst in police care. Subsequently, both men were acquitted.Nicola's family were desperate for another breakthrough but the police leads had gone cold again. All her, now elderly parents, want is to bring Nicola home so they can bury her. In 2018 they asked Mark to re-investigate her disappearance, to seek answers and to try and find Nicola.Mark Williams-Thomas has agreed to help the family and re-investigate the disappearance and murder of Nicola Payne, to date he has done it all pro bono, Mark believes the answers lie within the community and is determined to find them. Mark's investigation, gives listeners an all-access pass to see what it's like to undertake a cold case murder investigation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jo-Emma Larvin used to date Joe Calzaghe, the longest-reigning super-middleweight world champion in boxing history. But by the time of the pandemic, her life had moved on. She was living up in Yorkshire, when she was recruited for an easy-money gig. Would she like to take eight suitcases full of cash to Dubai? The pay was good: £3000 per trip. And she'd be but up in the best hotel in town: the Palm Jumeirah. In her luggage was over a million quid. Jo-Emma was hardly the only one to say 'yes'. Lead by a housewife from Leeds who co-ordinated her mules from a WhatsApp group called 'Sunshine and Lollipops', Larvin was one of at least six mules who'd run the route, collectively trafficking over £100 million of British drug money into the emirate.In March of 2023, she and four fellow-accused stood in the dock of Isleworth, fighting for their freedom - the most TOWIE-flavoured group that Crown Court had seen in a long time. Subscribe and follow for more episodes. ***About The Show Each week, Fresh From The Old Bailey tells the story of a case from the Central Criminal Court, or the London Crown Courts. Fresh stories of recent trials, told through the eyes of those who were there. This is real true crime. British justice as it is now — from the people who see justice being done, every single day. You can follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fresholdbaileyOr Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshfromtheoldbailey/Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FreshFromTheOldBaileySubscribe to Court News' Substack: https://courtnewsuk.substack.com/If you've been personally affected by the crimes of the Dubai Money Mules, or if you have other information that might be helpful for a broader investigation, please get in touch through our Gmail: FreshFromTheOldBailey@gmail.com. Discretion assured.

We launch our specialism series by chatting to court reporter Charlie Moloney. We discuss how to cover Crown Court trials, how the commissioning process works and just how fast your shorthand needs to be. Charlie also talks about media law and how to challenge your right to report.The guesthttps://www.charliemoloney.com/https://twitter.com/CharlieMoloneyhttps://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2021/news/reporter-wins-court-fight-to-name-victim-of-fraudster-escort/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chinese-businesswoman-questioned-over-85-000-cash-brought-to-bank-2hn36q0mhhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11042849/Queens-Olympic-skydiving-stunt-double-faces-jail-sentence-attacking-girlfriend.htmlRecommendationhttps://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/judge-wrong-to-block-reporting-of-highly-contentious-family-case/5117456.article

This is the first episode of Season 7. I spent a couple of weeks at Winchester Crown Court watching a few cases. There was a murder trial in Court 1, a stabbing on the Isle of Wight, there were a few Organised Crime Gangs ranging from drug smuggling to human trafficking. I found it difficult to accept the description OCG, especially when applied to a 'dodgy' roofer who worked with some other cowboy builders cheating vulnerable house owners.An Albanian gang  snatching items from elderly people in deserted car parks. There were of course the usual historic sex cases and County Lines cases. Court 4 had a home grown terrorist downloaded and sharing illegal content.  The podcast ends rather abruptly and I did not thank the people at Winchester Crown court, or Damselfly for the background music, or those that downloaded and listened.I have some rather quirky episodes planned, some shorter podcasts than normal that may not be to everyone's tastes. I aim to post the normal paranormal episode for Christmas.www.strangestoriesuk.gmail.com

In 1950, a man named Timothy Evans of South Wales is charged with the murder of his young wife and infant daughter. He told the court he was innocent, but no one believed him. He told the court the man responsible was John Reginald Christie—a man who testified against him for the prosecution, ultimately leading to Tim Evans' death. Three years later, police would discover that John Christie himself was in fact a serial killer who confessed to murdering not only Tim Evans' wife, but his own. This case was a huge judicial fiasco in the Crown Court, and it would take thirty-seven years to set it straight. This is the story of John Reginald Christie. Murder at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill.sources used for this podcastJOIN THE HITCHED 2 HOMICIDE IN-LAWS AND OUTLAWSSTART KRIS CALVERT'S BOOKS TODAY FOR FREEH2H WEBSITEH2H on TWITTERH2H on INSTA

The collapsed trial of Liam Allan reveals a widespread problem in the legal system, which criminal defence lawyers have been warning about for some time. Liam was accused of rape and sexual assault, but his defense was that any sexual contact between himself and his former girlfriend was consensual. The Prosecution's case relied heavily on the ex girlfriends account, which is a common situation in sexual assault allegations that often occur in private settings without any independent witnesses.It took two years from Liam's arrest for his trial to proceed in the Crown Court. Prior to the trial, his lawyers had repeatedly asked the Prosecution to disclose text and social media messages between Liam and his ex girlfriend from her phone. Despite clear guidelines on disclosure, the officer in charge of the case failed to hand over this potentially useful information to the defence team. It wasn't until the trial started that this material was brought to the attention of the Prosecuting barrister, who ordered it to be handed over immediately. The messages cleared Liam of all charges. His ex girlfriend and accuser had messaged him asking for sexual contact and spoke of a desire for violent sex and rape fantasies. In other messages to friends, she stated that no crime had been committed.To their credit, the Crown dropped the case as soon as he became aware of this material. It also made a public statement acknowledging "a very serious miscarriage of justice" had only narrowly been avoided.You can also listen to my interview with Liam on my audio book 'You Are Accused', available on Audible. Click the link in the description or search for 'You are Accused' by Raphael Rowe to get your copy.‘You Are Accused' with Raphael RoweSecond Chance Podcast Links:Second Chance on YouTubeSecond Chance on InstagramSecond Chance on LinkedInSecond Chance on FacebookRaphael's Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why were these men allowed anywhere near the court in the first place?

A fifty-seven-year-old man is currently on trial in Belfast's Crown Court accused of murdering two catholic men. James Smyth from Forthriver Link, north Belfast, has denied murdering Gary Convie (24) and Eamonn Fox (41) in a gun attack in May 1994. UVF ‘Supergrass' Gary Haggarty, who last seen in public in 2009, is giving evidence . Ciáran Dunbar joins Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent, Allison Morris, who has been following the trial.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bus passengers have been left angry and frustrated after an operator cancelled 4,000 journeys in a month.Stagecoach say a shortage of drivers is to blame and they have promised improvements will be made. Hear from reporter and regular bus user Rhys Griffiths and we have a full statement from the company.Also in the podcast, it is being reported convicted criminals could avoid jail from next week because prisons are full.Crown Court judges have apparently been told to delay sentencing hearings to try to manage numbers. Hear from Tonbridge and Malling MP Tom Tugendhat.It's been revealed a Kent theatre may have to stay closed for a year, after potentially dangerous concrete was found in the roof.The cost of repairing the Orchard in Dartford could run to £7 million - we've got reaction from the landlord of a nearby pub.A group of dads who have experienced baby loss have called for more support and understanding of their feelings.They've spoken in a hard hitting podcast released to mark baby loss awareness week and produced with Medway charity Abigail's Footsteps.Six primary schools in Kent have been given free waterproofs and wellies so children can spend more time outdoors.Pupils in Chatham, Sittingbourne, Tunbridge Wells, Whitstable and Birchington are the latest to benefit from the scheme by The Outdoor Guide Foundation. We've caught up with TV's Gemma Hunt who supports the organisation.And in sport, and the Gillingham chairman says he's vetting candidates from around the world as they look to appoint a new manager.Neil Harris was sacked last week following a run of three games without a win.

Ashley may have got lucky last night, but that's all about to change.Cast includes Bethan Cullinane, James Corrigan, Lucy Phelps, Shazia Nicholls, Laura Elsworthy & Raj Bajaj.

This week is a rollercoaster of esoterotica! Ian continues his successful career as a barrister while Kate attempts to tell him about Auras. A deep-dive into Crown Court ensues and Ian has a rare 'serious moment'.

Even as Israel's war against Palestine continues unabated, a new movement has arisen in the United Kingdom, challenging the Israeli war machine – and it has been winning some impressive victories.Founded in 2020, Palestine Action is a grassroots activist movement that seeks to end British complicity in Israeli war crimes by shutting down arms manufacturing sites across the U.K. Today, Lowkey welcomes back Palestine Action co-founder Huda Amori to talk about the rise of her organization that has taken the country by storm and has weapons manufacturers fleeing. Born in the U.K., Amori is a Palestinian-Iraqi whose father was chased out of his home by Israeli soldiers in 1967, and forced to flee, without even a pair of shoes.Decades later, Amori has found a way to fight back, using direct action to occupy and shut down Elbit Systems, Israel's largest arms firm. With the help of the community in her native Oldham, Amori and Palestine Action's occupation has forced Elbit Systems to leave the town and sell their factory at a substantial loss. Last summer, they abandoned their London headquarters. And last winter, the British Ministry of Defence canceled around £280 million (around U.S.$350 million) of contracts with the company.Elbit's products, such as drones and surveillance tech, are directly used on the civilian population of Palestine, Amori explained. They are then marketed as “battle tested” around the world and sold to countries like Australia and India.“If you are building weapons here to be sent back to Israel to be used against Palestinians, or if you are a customer of weapons that have been developed on the Palestinian people, then you are just as guilty,” Amori said, adding:For example, the British Ministry of Defence buy many of these weapons after they have been developed and used against the Palestinians, which only encourages the further development and use of weapons on Palestinians, and to continue the occupation. This cycle of violence just continues to benefit the oppressors and work against the oppressed.”While Amori and Palestine Action are constantly charged and regularly appear in court for criminal damages, they are yet to be convicted. Indeed, once they get in front of a jury to tell their story, it is often Elbit Systems that seems to be on trial. At the end of last year, a jury at the Crown Court unanimously found Amori and her colleagues innocent, accepting that they were trying to prevent an even bigger crime from taking place. The jury even proceeded to thank the activists for their bravery publicly. Some, Amori claimed, went so far as to blow kisses at them.Support the showThe MintPress podcast, “The Watchdog,” hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know – including intelligence, lobby and special interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. The Watchdog goes against the grain by casting a light on stories largely ignored by the mainstream, corporate media.Lowkey is a British-Iraqi hip-hop artist, academic and political campaigner. As a musician, he has collaborated with the Arctic Monkeys, Wretch 32, Immortal Technique and Akala. He is a patron of Stop The War Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Racial Justice Network and The Peace and Justice Project, founded by Jeremy Corbyn. He has spoken and performed on platforms from the Oxford Union to the Royal Albert Hall and Glastonbury. His latest album, Soundtrack To The Struggle 2, featured Noam Chomsky and Frankie Boyle and has been streamed millions of times.

Μια κουβέντα που κάνουμε ανα καιρούς στο συγκεκριμένο podcast ειναι εν γένει για τα παρακλάδια του punk και του hardcore. Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο ακούμε νέες κυκλοφορίες (και όχι μόνο), αυτού που ίσως και λίγο αυθαίρετα οι ίδιοι να ονομάσαμε 'the New Wave of Oi!'. Διαλέγουμε 20 μπάντες σχεδόν απο όλο τον πλανήτη που μας έκαναν εντύπωση το τελευταιο διάστημα και συζητάμε για την εξέλιξη του συγκεκριμένου ήχου! Stay rude, stay sharp! Tracklist: Intro - The Oppressed 'Skinhead times' 1. The Chisel 'What I see' 2. Complete Loss 'Get out' 3. Claimed Choice 'Cons​é​quences' 4. Bromure 'Tu sais' 5. Loosey 'Hardly see me' 6. Mess 'Don't look back' 7. Ultra Razzia 'Personne' 8. Bullshit Detector 'All your friends are dead' 9. Crown Court 'Rich boy' 10. An Slua 'How ya gettin' on?' 11. Béton Armé 'L'union fait la force 12. Nagon 'This is hell' 13. Violent Way 'Skinhead' 14. Big Dog 'Shine your boots' 15. Repeat Offender 'Pure hate (Poison Idea cover)'  16. Conservative Military Image 'Yard hard' 17. Liberty & Justice 'Fatigue' 18. Mentalite 81 'La France du futur' 19. Cran 'Paume' 20. Bull Brigade 'Sulla collina'

The podcast that is dedicated to the nations favourite archive tv and movie channel with contributions and reviews by you, the viewers. Coming up on today's show we've got Laurel and Hardy, Peter Fonda, Stanley Baker and Googie Withers. There's tv favourites, Crown Court and Danger UXB. We've got a 50s prisoner of war drama, a sixties British crime thriller and classic horror from the legendary Jess Franco.

Day Drinker Bonus Episode 2, featuring third and final part of interview with all members of Day Drinker. Also, including tracks from bands Day Drinker members are part of or touring with: Malad, Crown Court, Violent Way, Day Drinker, and The Reapers. This portion of the interview covers discussion of different music scenes and their similarities & differences, perspective, the lack of rebellion in society, being distrustful of government & media, and wrapping up the interview.

Nicola Williams' new novel Until Proven Innocent sees the return of Lee Mitchell, a young barrister from a working-class Caribbean background, who is strong-armed into defending a supposedly corrupt racist police officer charged with the death of a 15-year-old pastor's son. Nicola served for many years as a criminal barrister, one of the few black women in that job, and draws on her experience of the criminal justice system in her writing. She joins Nuala to discuss juggling being a part-time Crown Court judge with writing, and how she draws on her legal experience in her books. Complaints about police officers' treatment of women are highly unlikely to result in action, according to new police data for England and Wales. The National Police Chiefs' Council says nine in 10 complaints were dropped in the six months to March 2022. We hear from Maggie Blyth, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for violence against women and girls, and Nuala speaks to Sir Peter Fahy, former Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police. The House of Commons recently approved the introduction of exclusion zones around abortion clinics, and now some experts are recommending that the mandatory authorisation of abortions by two doctors should be dropped. To find out more, Nuala McGovern is joined by Fiona de Londras, Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Birmingham, and Professor Kaye Wellings, co-author of a new London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine abortion study. Last year, an NHS Digital survey found that 31 per cent of 17 to 24-year-old women had depression and anxiety. What can be done to help them? A new Policy Centre for the Wellbeing of Young Women and Girls is being set up at a Cambridge University college. Dorothy Byrne is the president of all-female Murray Edwards College and the former head of news at Channel 4 Television. She joins Nuala to explain how and why she created this centre.

The first sentence of this podcast will probably resonate with many people. Shona Minson courageously talks about the impact upon her health and wellbeing of working intimately with traumatised children and mothers. It is a very honest conversation and we are grateful to Shona for sharing her reflections with us.   Shona is currently a British Academy Post Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Criminology. Since March 2020 she has been researching the impact of COVID-19 prison lockdowns on children who have a parent in prison.   She has provided training to judiciary on the sentencing of mothers and primary carers in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.  In 2018 she released the film series 'Safeguarding Children when Sentencing Mothers' for sentencers, advocates, probation staff and women facing sentence in England and Wales. She has more recently been involved in a similar series for criminal justice professionals in Scotland, which was released in April 2021.    After graduating from St.Anne's College, Oxford in Jurisprudence Shona was called to the Bar of England and Wales and practised criminal and family law from 1 King's Bench Walk, London. Her professional experience led to her research interest in the points of intersection between family and criminal law. She obtained an MSc (Distinction)  from the University of Surrey in Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Research in 2012. Her Masters research explored  the impact of motherhood as mitigation in criminal sentencing using interviews with members of the judiciary and an analysis of sentencing transcripts. Shona then moved to the Centre for Criminology at the University of Oxford and funded by the ESRC she undertook DPhil research which analysed the place of children in maternal sentencing decisions in England and Wales. She explored the status of children of prisoners in English law and engaged directly with children and their carers to explore the nature of the impact of maternal imprisonment. She also interviewed members of the Crown Court judiciary to examine sentencing practice. In 2017/ 2018 Shona was employed by the Faculty of Law as the Research Officer on an ESRC Impact Acceleration Award funded project in association with the Prison Reform Trust and Dr Rachel Condry.  ' Addressing the Impact of Maternal Imprisonment: Developing Collaborative Training' . It built on the findings of her doctoral work and provide information, in the form of films, to sentencers and legal professionals to aid consistency and understanding in maternal sentencing decisions. The films were launched in January 2018 and are available for sentencers, advocates and probation staff. An additional film was made for women themselves facing sentence and it can be viewed here.  Shona shared her research findings with the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights in March 2018, in particular with regard to the state duty to protect children from discrimination which they may face as a consequence of the status or activities of their parents (UNCRC, Article 2). As a consequence the JCHR held an enquiry into the right to family life of children whose mother is imprisoned.    Transcript of conversation can be found here: https://open.substack.com/pub/lockedupliving/p/are-you-at-risk-for-vicarious-trauma?r=216eb0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Le 26 août 2021, la police du comté de Cheshire, situé dans le nord-ouest de l'Angleterre, publie un communiqué : « Benjamin Mendy a été placé en détention provisoire, dans l'attente de sa présentation devant le tribunal de Chester ». Le défenseur français, qui évolue avec Manchester City depuis 2017, est visé par des accusations de viols et d'agression sexuelle. Il est suspendu dans la foulée par son club.Placé en liberté conditionnelle début 2022, c'est libre que le champion du monde 2018 se présente devant les médias le 10 août 2022 pour l'ouverture de son procès à la Crown Court de Chester. Le 13 janvier 2023, Benjamin Mendy est finalement déclaré non-coupable de six viols et une agression sexuelle par le jury populaire. Mais un nouveau procès est prévu à l'été prochain concernant deux autres accusations, l'une de viol et et l'autre tentative de viol.Pour Code source, Romain Baheux, journaliste au service des sports du Parisien, et Marie Boëda, correspondante du Parisien à Londres, reviennent sur sa carrière de footballeur et son procès.Crédits. Direction de la rédaction : Pierre Chausse - Rédacteur en chef : Jules Lavie - Reporter : Ambre Rosala - Production : Raphaël Pueyo et Thibault Lambert - Réalisation et mixage : Julien Montcouquiol - Musiques : François Clos, Audio Network, Epidemic Sound - Identité graphique : Upian - Archives : France 24, SkyNews, BFMTV. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Back to the Crown Court is a special documentary remembering one of the iconic TV shows of the 70s and 80s. People across the generations loved this ground breaking and unique show which was broadcast thrice weekly on the ITV Network. Using a real jury, the drama was played out in real time with a plethora of big name actors together with many cutting their teeth in telly for the first time. One of the first daytime TV shows, it was produced at Granada Television in Manchester and in this programme presented by Ashley Byrne we hear contributions from actors Jon Iles (of The Bill fame), Charlie Lawson and Sean Wilson (later Jim McDonald and Martin Platt in Coronation Street) the legendary 70s childrens tv star and actor Derek Griffiths,  veteran small part actor Jim Whelan, Crown Court juror Steve Sowerbutts and composer Simon Park.* Special thanks to Simon Park for the use of both Distant Hills (the Crown Court theme) and Eye Level (the theme to Van Der Valk).Back to the Crown Court is a MIM Production for Distinct Nostalgia.NOTE: The Distinct Nostalgia theme is owned by MIM Productions and composed by Rebecca Applin and Chris Warner. The Distinct Nostalgia ident voices are Andy Hoyle and Jonathan Kydd.Support the show

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In the first crown court sentencing to be televised in Britain, a British judge jailed a man for life for killing his grandfather. Judge Sarah Munro's remarks were the first to be broadcast live on news channels after a change in law to allow cameras in British crown courts, which deal with serious criminal cases. The legal change was made in 2020, but it was only implemented July 28 because of delays due to the coronavirus pandemic. Munro sentenced Ben Oliver, 25, to life in prison with a minimum term of 10 years and eight months for the manslaughter of his 74-year-old grandfather. The case was heard at the Central Criminal Court in London, which routinely hears the country's most high-profile cases including murders and terrorism trials. Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said the move will help the public better understand the decisions judges make in complex criminal cases. “Opening up the courtroom to cameras to film the sentencing of some of the country's most serious offenders will improve transparency and reinforce confidence in the justice system," Raab said in a statement. Under the change in the law, crown court judges can be filmed delivering their sentencing remarks. Only the judge will be on camera to protect the privacy of victims, witnesses and jurors. Previously, court proceedings were only broadcast from certain Court of Appeal cases. Broadcasters hailed the change as a “landmark moment for open justice." “Court reporting is vital to democracy and the rule of law and this long overdue change is welcomed," said John Battle, chair of the Media Lawyers Association. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

Show notes:1:00 evidence at trial from historian David Olusoga regarding Colston's ownership of more slaves than any other Brit in history, one of the earliest, biggest slave traders 1:30 Colston died circa 1720 1:45 statue of Colston erected by Victorian dignitaries in Bristol2:10 half of the schools, streets and whatever in Bristol are named after Colston2:20 circa 1990s, true history of Colston revealed3:25 in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter protests group pushed Colston statue into the harbor 3:45 restorative justice by others with community penalty3:55 Colston 4 jury trial over prosecution of four individuals involved in toppling Colston statute4:05 Elected for a Crown Court jury trial and were acquitted5:20 Conservatives and those in the government, including the cabinet, expressed surprise at the verdict6:10 UK Attorney General considered whether to send the case to the appeal court to consider whether there was an error of law in the direction of the jury7:50 bill going through Parliament with a provision to increase the potential sentence for criminal damage against a public monument8:15 proposed bill to change threshold that currently exists for criminal damage against a memorial or public monument with value under 5000 pounds, maximum sentence magistrates that could  impose was three months in prison8:50 proposed bill is to remove financial threshold and make maximum sentence 10 yearsTo view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2022]

On 9 June 2022, Gillian Harrison and Richard Ormerod won their appeals against their convictions at Southwark Crown Court. They became the 74th and 75th Subpostmasters to have their convictions quashed. Rebecca and Nick went along to watch it happen and speak to Gillian, Richard and representatives from their legal firm, Hudgells. Rebecca and Nick start by discussing the awkwardness of being a journalist at a court case, then we hear about Gillian and Richard's criminal convictions and why the Post Office did not oppose their appeal. Then, an interview with Gillian and a second interview with Neil Hudgell, Executive Chairman of Hudgell solicitors. Neil talks about the wider issue of compensation and the apparent impasse between the Post Office and the Postmasters' legal representatives over how that compensation should be finalised. This interview was recorded before the Post Office and and Hudgells agreed to appoint a retired judge (Lord Dyson) to conduct an "early neutral evaluation" to decide on the issue of "non-pecuniary damages" (ie to reputation, health etc). 

​This episode focuses on how the law views the concept of innocence in the criminal justice system, particularly when it comes to compensation for someone who was wrongly convicted. Host Anurag Deb (PhD student, School of Law) interviews Hugh Southey QC, of Matrix Chambers (London), who practices at the Bars of England and Wales and Northern Ireland, sits as a Deputy High Court Judge and a Recorder in the Crown Court of England and Wales and is an Acting Justice of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. Hugh has a broad public law practice, specialising in human rights, crime, immigration, extradition, terrorism, inquests, immigration, discrimination and privacy. He also acted in a number of cases which are discussed in the episode, including R (Adams and others) v Justice Secretary [2011] UKSC 18 and Allen v United Kingdom (2016) 63 EHRR 10. In this episode, Hugh shares his insights into acting in Adams and the various ways in which the criminal justice system, and the courts generally, view innocence. At times, these views differ considerably from how the concept is understood in wider society. These differences allow us not only to understand how the law treats people who have been charged with and convicted of criminal offences, but also how we, as a society, view the notion of innocence in criminal matters. The cases referenced in this episode are: R (Adams and others) v Justice Secretary [2011] UKSC 18 https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2011/18.html Allen v United Kingdom (2016) 63 EHRR 10 https://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/ECHR/2013/678.html R (Hallam and others) v Justice Secretary [2019] UKSC 2 https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2019/2.html The report referenced in this episode is: ‘Supporting Exonerees: Ensuring accessible, consistent and continuing support' (2018) by JUSTICE https://files.justice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/06170441/0218037-BROCHURE-Justice-Pro-Bono-brochure-Supporting-Exonerees_07-standard-00000002.pdf

A man has gone on trial accused of murdering Kent PCSO Julia James. The 53-year-old was attacked while walking her dog not far from her home in Snowdown between Canterbury and Dover in April last year. Hear from Katya Folwer from our colleagues at KMTV who has been at Canterbury Crown Court today. Also in today's podcast, as the rising cost of living continues to dominate the headlines, a Canterbury dad has revealed how he's skipped meals to ensure his daughter has something to eat. It's as data from the Food Foundation shows a sharp rise in the number of people struggling to put meals on the table over the past three months. Police and forensic teams have spent the weekend at the scene of a suspected burglary on Sheppey. They were initially called early on Saturday morning - our reporter John Nurden has been to the scene. A nightclub in Dartford is taking action following a rise in drink spiking cases across the country. We've been speaking to Jordan Craine who is the general manager at Atik. In showbiz news, find out which Kent star won a BAFTA last night. Plus, a Kent man's been chatting to our sister radio station, kmfm, about getting four 'yeses' from the Britain's Got Talent judges at the weekend. Ryan Weeks from Tunbridge Wells is part of the Frontline Singers who left viewers in tears after their performance on Saturday.

“Get a job with a pension” was the plea of Alan Pickering's' parents. He did. He became a pensions guru. Someone has to do it and there is no reason why a man without sight but with plenty of vision couldn't do the job. He did so well at it he got a gong.  This is what he said about how he got there.https://www.pensionsage.com/pa/Guest-comment-Vision-without-sight.php Not everyone gets the benefit of support as they make that transition from school to the world of work. #Shappi Kharsandi, tells the story about how, with looming poor grades at A ‘Level, her school thought she wasn't university material, but she had such a bubbly and outgoing personality. They recommended she become a holiday rep. She wondered, if she had been at a half way decent fee paying school, how that conversation might have run: “We think that while you might not be university material you've got such a bubbly and outgoing personality, we recommend you become Foreign Secretary.” There's something in this. Expectation is everything. It can enable you to grow into the person you think might want to become. If people don't have much of an expectation what is to become of you? In my final year of school, I was summoned to my housemaster's sitting room for a careers discussion. When I got there, he was sitting in an arm chair, smoking a cigar, glass of whisky on the table, reading #Playboy. “Sir,” I protested. “You're reading a porn mag.” “She reads Homes and Gardens,” he said in his own defense, giving a cursory nod in the direction of his wife who was, curled up on the sofa, absorbed in the world of interior designs. A silence hung between us until he put his “reading” matter down. I waited. “Well, I don't have any advice to offer.” Then he went on to offer his equivalent of “you might not be university material but you've got a bubbly personality.” “Being a blind bat and as gobby as you are, we had just better hope that you can find yourself a very old rich husband to marry. With luck, he'll die and leave you all his money, but not if you're too gobby.” The Careers Counsellor had a more considered approach.  He asked me what I had in mind. I explained that I was thinking of a career in the arts or the law. It was the seventies. A lot of episodes of #Crown Court had shaped my view of my potential to put a better argument and a better performance. If the law wouldn't have me, maybe I could act and just pretend. “How much do you weigh?' he asked. “No idea,” I answered. “You're quite a hefty girl and not a lot of sight I note, I'd recommend you consider basket weaving.” As recommendations go, being bubbly and a potential holiday rep, or even Foreign Secretary, would be a considerable step up from being a basket case. I mean this in the nicest way imaginable to weavers, but this was not what I had in mind. I wondered what was wrong with these people? What was it about them that meant they had no vision? Why could they not see the life of adventure that I could see for myself? It was listening to #Shappi Khardandi that bought it all back: The #Playboy magazine, the smoking teacher drinking whisky in the afternoon, careers advice that was not careers advice at all. It was the seventies. Shappi was feeling rather smug about how it turned out. I know what she means.  I'm more likely to annoy than make people laugh as much. Oh heck, I'm feeling pretty smug about it too.

A bizarre and terrifying crime spree has been on the rise in the UK for the past several years. In this episode, I'll share stories illustrating how acid attacks have increasingly been used to retaliate against a romantic partner once a relationship ends.  Resources:  “Acid Attacks on the Rise in the U.K.”, Joanna Kakissis/NPR, Aug 6, 2017. “Acid Attacks: What has led to the rise and how can they be stopped?”, George Mann/BBC News, July 14, 2017.  “Jealous woman is jailed for 14 years after scarring her boyfriend”, Rory Tingle/DailyMail.com, Nov 21, 2021.  “Woman jailed for acid attack on boyfriend”, Tristan Kirk/Evening Standard, Nov 19, 2021. “Man recalls moment ex-girlfriend poured acid over him while he slept”, Jamie Barlow/Nottinghamshire Live, Feb 12, 2021.  The Queen v Mark Cummings and Katie Leong, Crown Court at Leicester, March 21, 2017.  “Katie Piper's acid attacker is cleared for release”, Danny Gallagher/Daily Mail.com, Jun 18, 2020.  Links: CrimeCon - www.crimecon.com www.crimecon.co.uk - Use offer code ONCEUPON22 for 10% off your CrimeCon tickets.  Patreon - www.patreon.com/onceuponacrime  Once Upon a Crime website - www.truecrimepodcast.com More about the Show:  Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or using this link: https://bit.ly/OnceUponACrimePodcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bizarre and terrifying crime spree has been on the rise in the UK for the past several years. In this episode, I'll share stories illustrating how acid attacks have increasingly been used to retaliate against a romantic partner once a relationship ends. Resources: “Acid Attacks on the Rise in the U.K.”, Joanna Kakissis/NPR, Aug 6, 2017. “Acid Attacks: What has led to the rise and how can they be stopped?”, George Mann/BBC News, July 14, 2017. “Jealous woman is jailed for 14 years after scarring her boyfriend”, Rory Tingle/DailyMail.com, Nov 21, 2021. “Woman jailed for acid attack on boyfriend”, Tristan Kirk/Evening Standard, Nov 19, 2021. “Man recalls moment ex-girlfriend poured acid over him while he slept”, Jamie Barlow/Nottinghamshire Live, Feb 12, 2021. The Queen v Mark Cummings and Katie Leong, Crown Court at Leicester, March 21, 2017. “Katie Piper's acid attacker is cleared for release”, Danny Gallagher/Daily Mail.com, Jun 18, 2020. Links: CrimeCon - www.crimecon.com www.crimecon.co.uk - Use offer code ONCEUPON22 for 10% off your CrimeCon tickets. Patreon - www.patreon.com/onceuponacrime Once Upon a Crime website - www.truecrimepodcast.com

In this episode, Alma- Constance and Lucinda learn more about the work of judges and juries in the crown court. They speak to Her Honour Judge Deborah Taylor, who is the Resident Judge at Southwark Crown Court in London, which is the fourth largest in the country and she is also Recorder of Westminster. She also sits in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division and in the High Court Queen's Bench Division and Administrative Court. She is the Treasurer of the Inner temple and was a Judicial Appointments Commissioner from 2011-2013.She tells us how judges manage serious criminal cases and  the qualities required to be a good judge,about juries and what a good and reliable system it is, the type of sentences available for adults and young peoplehow Inns of Court help financially support students wanting to be barristers, about the High Sheriff's awards to citizens who have given outstanding service in helping the police carry out their duties; and  why the size of a robing room can bring about equality for barristers!When Deborah was 10 years old, she says she was quite rebellious always asking questions about why rules were in place and always arguing about whether we should obey them or not and she was a bit of a bookworm too! Alma-Constance and Lucinda would love to hear from you. If you have any questions, ideas about a topic or someone you'd like us to interview, please contact us through the website, www.kidslaw.info or through social media on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @KidsLawInfo You can also email us: kidslaw@spark21.orgPlease subscribe, rate, and share with your friends!Resourceshttps://www.judiciary.uk/you-and-the-judiciary/going-to-court/crown-court/https://www.gov.uk/courts/crown-courthttps://www.innertemple.org.uk/contact/https://www.legalcheek.com/2017/08/female-barristers-granted-access-to-top-london-courts-male-only-robing-room/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/feb/21/juries-work-best-research

ooooo what's good pussies. We big vibin in dis hoe per usual. Bert's fuckin lazy ass managed to make it this week, he was workin double time last week at Wendy's I guess we let it slide this time. While we talkin bout bert this mf really got his shirt off all sweatin his dick off just sitting in a chair in a 70 degree room LMAO couldn't be me. But for real we got records n all that good shit. Mask mandate is over but this mf Ian won't turn off his alien shapeshifter powers and show his true self lmao some shit just never changes n that's on baby. Sent from my iPhone Ian - Retaliation by Carnivore Brad - Capital Offence by Crown Court

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Sarah Clarke QC joins host Bibi Badejo to discuss how to improve court room skills, including some alternative yet familiar resources.   Sarah is a renowned expert in insider dealing, investment fraud and market abuse law. Sarah also practises in police disciplinary actions and represents medical professionals and Hospital Trusts at Inquests. She was appointed as a Recorder (part-time Circuit Judge) of the Crown Court in 2012 and was authorised to sit in cases involving Serious Sexual Offences in 2016. She is also a leading advocacy trainer and travels the world to train lawyers of all levels.  Please subscribe to The Advocacy Podcast and visit www.theadvocacypodcast.com  for more information and additional resources.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In these two public webinars from the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge, the panels explore the enormous additional pressures that the pandemic has imposed on the criminal justice system. In the first event, our focus is the courts and we explore the reality of daily life in magistrates’ courts and in the Crown Court, from bail applications to sentencing. What has happened to the right to trial by jury? What will be the impact of the pandemic on the rights of defendants and victims, both in the short and the long term? What are the lessons to be learnt from video-justice? Could HMCTS and the judiciary have been better prepared? Discussing the issues: Chair: Nicky Padfield, Professor of Criminal and Penal Justice Nicky is joined by a panel of experts: - Amanda Pinto Q.C. (Chair of The Bar Council); - Simon Davis (President of The Law Society); - Ian Kelcey (Criminal Solicitor Advocate); and - Abimbola Johnson (Criminal Barrister). This item provides an audio source.

Amy shares the Crown Court decision in her case against the freedom of speech in the UK and her special announcement. www.basedamy.com @realbasedamy www.americanperspectiveshow.com @AmerPerspective --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/americanperspective/message