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Criminal test to meet ahead without jury
22/07/2009
The court for appeal today ruled that a criminal trial can be heard without a jury for the first time. Their trial "will take place without a jury in due course". Noble Judge said that the case concerned "very serious criminal activity" arising from a r...
The court for appeal today ruled that a criminal trial can be heard without a jury for the first time. Their trial "will take place without a jury in due course". Noble Judge said that the case concerned "very serious criminal activity" arising from a robbery at a warehouse at Heathrow airport in 2004. Reporting restrictions ban the identification of 4 defendants. Their trial will take place "in due course". "The objective of the robbery was something in the region of £10m in sterling and mixed foreign currency. "As a result of a misreading of a flight manifest, the proceeds amounted to £1.75m, which are largely unrecovered." 3 judges in london, headed by Lord justice , the lord principal justice , gave the go-ahead because of a "very significant" danger of jury tampering. During a "carefully planned and professionally executed armed robbery", a firearm was fired at a supervisor. Noble justice went on: "In this country, trial by jury is a hallowed principle of the administration of criminal justice. Lord Judge said: "In this country trial by jury is a hallowed principle of the administration of criminal justice. "It is properly identified as a right, available to be exercised by a defendant unless and until the right is amended or circumscribed by express legislation."
The court for appeal today ruled that a criminal trial can be heard without a jury for the first time. Their trial "will take place without a jury in due course". Noble Judge said that the case concerned "very serious criminal activity" arising from a robbery at a warehouse at Heathrow airport in 2004. Reporting restrictions ban the identification of 4 defendants. Their trial will take place "in due course". "The objective of the robbery was something in the region of £10m in sterling and mixed foreign currency. "As a result of a misreading of a flight manifest, the proceeds amounted to £1.75m, which are largely unrecovered." 3 judges in london, headed by Lord justice , the lord principal justice , gave the go-ahead because of a "very significant" danger of jury tampering. During a "carefully planned and professionally executed armed robbery", a firearm was fired at a supervisor. Noble justice went on: "In this country, trial by jury is a hallowed principle of the administration of criminal justice. Lord Judge said: "In this country trial by jury is a hallowed principle of the administration of criminal justice. "It is properly identified as a right, available to be exercised by a defendant unless and until the right is amended or circumscribed by express legislation."