Swindon’s courts remained busy in the run-up to Christmas, with drug driving, sexual assault, and more than £3,000 worth of criminal damage ...

The new year initiative follows government reforms aimed at tackling the persistent crown court backlog. The Ministry of ...

More than 2,000 magistrates have been trained since 2022. The new ‘ambitious’ recruitment drive, launched today by the ...

A magistrate has been issued with a formal warning for misconduct over sharing case papers with a mentee.

A COURT has been forced to close today after a burst pipe caused the building to flood. Defendants were sent away from Workington Magistrates’ Court this morning and their cases adjourned to a later ...

The following cases were heard at Reading Magistrates’ Courts.CONNOR PRIOR, 22 of WOODLANDS CLOSE, CURRIDGE, THATCHAM, WEST BERKSHIRE, ...

Oxford Magistrates' Court has closed its doors as major renovation works get underway in the city centre with cases heard at Reading and ...

From animal cruelty to stalking and motoring offences, here are the biggest cases heard at West Cumbria Magistrates’ Court in Workington this year.

MICHAL WROBLEWSKI, 45, of Cranberry Avenue, pleaded guilty to assaulting two women and possessing an offensive weapon, namely a sharpened tree branch, on the Itchen Bridge. All offences took place on ...

Thousands of new magistrates are being sought to volunteer in England and Wales as part of efforts to speed up justice for ...

A recruitment drive is underway for more volunteer magistrates across Wiltshire. The Government is looking to boost numbers in England and Wales, including Swindon and Wiltshire, as part of efforts to ...

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