Criminal courts

• What are the 3 types of crimes

  Summary

  indictable

  either-way
• information about summary cases

  Trialed in magistrates

  these are minor crimes such as driving offences, shop lifting ( under £200 ) and vulgarly ( under £5000 )
• Information about indictable offences

  Most serious

  trialed in crown courts by judge and jury

  e.g. murder, rape
• Information about either-way offences

  Can be trialed in magistrate or crown

  e.g. Theft
• Information about magistrates court

  Up to 6 months prison

  all summery cases, some either-way cases and all youth cases

  by a district judge

  appeal to crown court or kings bench
• Information about crown courts

  All either-way cases and indictable cases

  judge and jury

  fines from £2,500 up