Inside Cambridge Magistrates’ Court (source)
On Thursday the 17th of November 2011 I observed one of Cambridge’s magistrates courts in operation.
I have written separate articles on two of the cases I observed:
Consequences of Punching A Random Stranger on Fitzroy Street in Cambridge
Charges Dropped After Student Fees Protestors Strike Deal With Prosecutors
Other cases:
Drug Case to be [...]
Kings College Cambridge
I observed Cambridge magistrates courts on the morning of Thursday the 17th of November 2011. I’d gone along as I was expecting to see Mr Jacob Wills and Mr Curtis-Watson appearing in front-of magistrates in relation to charges arising from events in Cambridge during and after a protest against tuition fee rises.
I [...]
Inside Cambridge Magistrates’ Court (source)
I went to Cambridge magistrates courts on Monday the 25th of July 2011 as this was the date set for the trial of Mr Jacob Wills and Mr Curtis-Watson following allegations they had obstructed PC Hinks in Kings College Cambridge after a protest in the city.
The case was not listed [...]
Milton Road Pharmacy (Google Maps)
On the morning of the 25th of July 2011 I observed Cambridge magistrates sentence Mr Justin McKenzie Sharp, born on the 7th of March 1962, and living at 222 Victoria Road in Cambridge to eight weeks in jail.
Mr Sharp was not in custody prior to the hearing, he walked into [...]
Junction of Cherry Hinton Road and Wulfstan Way (Google Maps
On the morning of the 25th of July 2011 I observed Cambridge magistrates deal with a Ms Waresha who had pleaded guilty to careless driving following a collision with a cyclist in Cambridge.
The prosecution said that on the 25th of January Ms Waresha was driving [...]
On Thursday the 7th of April Cambridge City Council’s full council debated and approved new city wide police priorities.
All Liberal Democrats and most Labour councillors voted to drop burglary, robbery and cycle theft from the priorities and approved new priorities of:
Alcohol-related violent crime in the city centre
Repeat victims of domestic violence
Repeat incidents of anti-social [...]
Cambridge Magistrates’ Court
On Monday the 7th of March 2011 I spent the day observing two of the magistrates courts sitting in Cambridge. I went along primarily to see the students sprayed with “Pava” by police officers within Kings College at their first court appearance. Having seen a video showing the police use of the incapacitant [...]
Given the importance of research students to the City of Cambridge it is astonishing that the City Council has recently increased the level of harassment to which they subject those working towards a PhD. The council is sending council tax bills to research students. This has been a problem for many years, but in [...]
Youths with a motorbike on the playground at St. Luke’s School in April 2009. A PCSO is shown to the right of the photograph.
St Luke’s School, French’s Road, Arbury, Cambridge has posted a letter dated the 22nd of May 2009 on its gates announcing it is no-longer going to allow the public access to its [...]
I visited the new Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on Thursday the 23rd of October.
I had visited at 14.00 on the afternoon of the opening day - on Monday the 20th, to be told that there were no courts sitting that afternoon, and there would not be any adult courts until Thursday. This left me concerned [...]