Good morning from court where a judge told a jury he had to discharge: "When I retire I will write two books. One entitled 'Things that go right in the courtroom' and another called 'Things that go wrong'. The first will be very thin and the second will run into three volumes"
Good morning from Nottingham Crown Court where a defence barrister has lamented moving a forthcoming trial back to September 2027 as "not so much kicking it into the long grass but into the wasteground tundra"
I'm in London today and tomorrow covering the Nottingham attacks inquiry. Here's some of what took place today - Father of Nottingham attacks victim slams psychiatrist for 'ignoring evidence' nottinghampost.com/news/nott…
Another case that is up there with the most distressing I've ever covered - Life sentence 'not out of the question' for one of Derby’s worst sex offenders with 121 victims derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/de…
In an idle moment between cases I've began wondering if there has ever been a tribute/cover act of @paulwellerHQ's second band by a group of musical barristers called The Trial Counsel?
Prison officer from Derby was gambling on phone when he ploughed into pregnant woman's car . She had to have an emergency C-section to give birth to her 4lb daughter while under general anaesthetic and couldn't hold her newborn for three weeks derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/de…
Here's a story I wasn't expecting to be writing when I got to court this morning - Prisoner tried to kill cellmate with pillow because his flatulence was keeping him awake derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/de…