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Criminal courts - Grant, aged 24, is going to be tried for committing rape. Havinder, aged 24, is to be tried for causing criminal damage of £1,000. Ian aged 15, is going to be tried for burglary.
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CRIMINAL COURTS Grant, aged 24, is going to be tried for committing rape. Havinder, aged 24, is to be tried for causing criminal damage of £1,000. Ian aged 15, is going to be tried for burglary. a) A very important pre-trial decision has to be made by the authorities in a criminal case. Should the defendant stay in custody while awaiting the trial or whether bail should be granted. The granting of bail means that a person is released from detention until the next stage in the case. The question of bail arises twice; at the police station or when the defendant appears in court. The granting of bail by the criminal court tends to differ from the police bail. This is because the criminal court bail is administrated by the Bail Act 1976. This Act was designed to place limitations on the wide discretion formerly held by the magistrates in the granting of...
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