UK Courts

  • Westminster Week: On trial

    Tuesday

    “Jury trials are a cornerstone of our democracy, and Justice system,” so says Imran Hussain MP (Bradford East/Labour), passionate in his appeal to the Secretary of State for Justice. He hopes it stays, while others hope it goes.

    Jim Shannon MP (Strangford/DUP) says the quality of the law is now paramount, saying “speed cannot come at the expense of fundamental rights” and jury trials must stay for the sake of it.

    Wednesday

    The Prime Minister says the Leader of the Opposition “totally abandoned her position” on the idea of the UK joining the US to fight Iran, calling it a “mother of all u-turns” on “one of the most important [-] decisions” a leader like him will face. The other, of course, is the one about staying or going.

  • Court Reports: Huw Edwards, Westminster Magistrates Court

    Huw Edwards, a former BBC News journalist and anchor, has been given a six month sentence suspended for two years.

    He was found guilty of soliciting indecent images of children from a young Welsh male who’s also been found guilty.

    He also has to attend 25 rehabilitation classes and undergo 40 days of treatment due to the nature of his crimes.