Tristan Kirk
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Courts Correspondent for the London Standard
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Totally disagree
The magistrate had the power to send the case back to the prosecutor, to highlight the new info, and ask for a check that the prosecution was still in the public interest.
Also, a guilty plea for a defendant without mental capacity doesn't seem right at all
The magistrate had the power to send the case back to the prosecutor, to highlight the new info, and ask for a check that the prosecution was still in the public interest.
Also, a guilty plea for a defendant without mental capacity doesn't seem right at all
October 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Totally disagree
The magistrate had the power to send the case back to the prosecutor, to highlight the new info, and ask for a check that the prosecution was still in the public interest.
Also, a guilty plea for a defendant without mental capacity doesn't seem right at all
The magistrate had the power to send the case back to the prosecutor, to highlight the new info, and ask for a check that the prosecution was still in the public interest.
Also, a guilty plea for a defendant without mental capacity doesn't seem right at all
The usher assures me 'nothing was said'
The judge definitely sat in court, then rose again.
Unless everything happened in silence, that can't be right...
The judge definitely sat in court, then rose again.
Unless everything happened in silence, that can't be right...
September 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The usher assures me 'nothing was said'
The judge definitely sat in court, then rose again.
Unless everything happened in silence, that can't be right...
The judge definitely sat in court, then rose again.
Unless everything happened in silence, that can't be right...