Magistrates' Blog

Utterly Barbaric: Kent Savages Battered Sheep then Detonated Body News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Utterly Barbaric: Kent Savages Battered Sheep then Detonated Body: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/utte...

First Time Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

First Time Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/firs...

Sorry about the delay Jacob. I hadn't considered that possibility. Even so, by offering pupillage HMCTS will at least get an extra years' service out of them. There will also be some, perhaps few in number, who decide chambers isn't for them and elect life at the employed Bar instead.

Publicans Handed £20k in Fines Over Unauthorised Erection News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Publicans Handed £20k in Fines Over Unauthorised Erection: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/publ...

Legal Advisor Brain Drain: An Update on Pupillage with HMCTS News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Legal Advisor Brain Drain: An Update on Pupillage with HMCTS: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/lega...

Finger on the Pulse: Hospital Fails to Recognise Male Posing as Female Nurse News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Finger on the Pulse: Hospital Fails to Recognise Male Posing as Female Nurse: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/fing... I would suggest that certain managers at this particular hospital need to be a bit more diligent in their duties.

Cumbrian Greggs Thief: A Sandwich Short of a Picnic: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/cumb...

CCRC Refers Magistrates' Court Decision to Crown Court for Appeal News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

CCRC Refers Magistrates' Court Decision to Crown Court for Appeal: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/ccrc...

Nightmare Neighbour Next Door: Disgraced Lawyer Trimmed Bush and Urinated on Doorstep News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Nightmare Neighbour Next Door: Disgraced Lawyer Trimmed Bush and Urinated on Doorstep: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/disg... Although clearly she didn't do both of those things at the same time.

Stupid Is As Stupid Does: Disqualified Driver Drives Himself to Prison News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Stupid Is As Stupid Does: Disqualified Driver Drives Himself to Prison: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/stup...

Guilty: Asylum Seeker Sexually Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl After One Week in UK News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

BREAKING: Guilty: Asylum Seeker Sexually Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl After One Week in UK: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/guil... Hadush Kebatu, 38, committed his crimes barely a week after arriving on a small boat.

XL Bullies Before Court News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

XL Bullies in Court: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/xl-b...

Four Men Convicted of Hare Coursing in Lincolnshire News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Four men made a very costly mistake by hare coursing in Lincolnshire: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/four...

Taking a Motor Vehicle Without the Owner's Consent News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Taking a Motor Vehicle Without the Owner's Consent: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/08/taki...

Police Dispersal Powers News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Police Dispersal Powers: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/08/poli...

Community Protection Notices News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Community Protection Notices: magistrates.blogspot.com/2020/07/comm...

Accessory Liability News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Accessory Liability: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/08/acce...

Bladdered Cheshire Woman Failed to Provide Specimen News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Bladdered Cheshire Woman Failed to Provide Specimen: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/08/blad...

New Driver Begs Court for Disqualification News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

New Driver Begs Court for Disqualification: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/08/new-...

Absolute and Conditional Discharges News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Absolute and Conditional Discharges: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/08/abso...

Frustrations of Being a Magistrate: Episode 6: Death by Online Training News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

One from the archives, particularly relevant at the moment: Frustrations of Being a Magistrate: Episode 6: Death by Online Training: magistrates.blogspot.com/2022/09/frus...

One Man Walking Crimewave Jailed for Disqualified Driving News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

One Man Walking Crimewave Jailed for Disqualified Driving: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/08/one-...

Somerset Changing Room Pervert Admits Voyeurism News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Somerset Changing Room Pervert Admits Voyeurism: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/08/some...

Frustrations of Being a Magistrate: Episode 9: Poor Quality CCTV Evidence News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Frustrations of Being a Magistrate: Episode 9: Poor Quality CCTV Evidence: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/08/frus...

Good Boy: Belligerent Geordie Disarmed by Snarling Land Shark News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Good Boy: Belligerent Geordie Disarmed by Snarling Land Shark: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/08/good...

The Ludicrous Defence Offered by Convicted Police Beater Amaaz News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

The Ludicrous Defence Offered by Convicted Police Beater Amaaz: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/07/ludi...

Guilty: Mohammed Fahir Amaaz Convicted of Manchester Airport Police Assaults News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Guilty: Mohammed Fahir Amaaz Convicted of Manchester Airport Police Assaults: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/07/guil...

Hung Jury: The Worst of Both Worlds News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Hung Jury: The Worst of Both Worlds: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/07/hung...

Jury Retires in Manchester Airport Police Assault Trial News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

Jury Retires in Manchester Airport Police Assault Trial: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/07/jury...

More on Sentencing Guidelines News and views from a Magistrates' Court somewhere near you. Find out what it's like to be a Justice of the Peace.

More on Sentencing Guidelines: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/07/more...