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Magistrates' Blog will be an ongoing chronicle of the work of the Magistrates' Courts of England and Wales. A personal account, with personal comments. https://magistrates.blogspot.com
Service of Documents by First Class Post: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/11/serv...
Service of Documents by First Class Post
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November 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Service of Documents by First Class Post: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/11/serv...
An Unusual Application: Request to Withdraw Consent for Summary Trial: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/11/unus...
An Unusual Application: Request to Withdraw Consent for Summary Trial
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November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
An Unusual Application: Request to Withdraw Consent for Summary Trial: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/11/unus...
Banned Paedophile Teacher Applied for Tutoring Job: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/11/bann... Richard Swinnerton, 36, of Staithes Court, Hartlepool, had the brass neck to apply for a tutoring job despite being banned from the profession.
Banned Paedophile Teacher Applied for Tutoring Job
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November 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Banned Paedophile Teacher Applied for Tutoring Job: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/11/bann... Richard Swinnerton, 36, of Staithes Court, Hartlepool, had the brass neck to apply for a tutoring job despite being banned from the profession.
Scaffolder Busted with £2.4m of Cocaine: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/11/scaf...
Scaffolder Busted with £2.4m of Cocaine
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November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Scaffolder Busted with £2.4m of Cocaine: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/11/scaf...
Dudley Man Amassed Sickening Stash of Indecent Images of Children: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/11/dudl...
Dudley Man Amassed Sickening Stash of Indecent Images of Children
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November 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Dudley Man Amassed Sickening Stash of Indecent Images of Children: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/11/dudl...
Bradford Uber Drivers Refused Passengers with Guide Dogs: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/11/brad...
Bradford Uber Drivers Refused Passengers with Guide Dogs
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November 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Traffic Court: Can I Just Admit the Speeding Please? magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/traf...
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Traffic Court: Can I Just Admit the Speeding Please? magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/traf...
Totally Blotto: Newcastle Drink Driver Blew Almost FIVE Times Legal Limit: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/tota...
Totally Blotto: Newcastle Drink Driver Blew Almost FIVE Times Legal Limit
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October 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Totally Blotto: Newcastle Drink Driver Blew Almost FIVE Times Legal Limit: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/tota...
TikTok Influencer Convicted of Dangerous Driving: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/tikt...
TikTok Influencer Convicted of Dangerous Driving
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October 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
TikTok Influencer Convicted of Dangerous Driving: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/tikt...
Teesside Gas Engineer Did Dangerous Work: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/tees...
Teesside Gas Engineer Did Dangerous Work
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October 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Teesside Gas Engineer Did Dangerous Work: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/tees...
Dorset Man Intended to Cut Cheese with Axe: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/dors... As you do...
Dorset Man Intended to Cut Cheese with Axe
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October 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Dorset Man Intended to Cut Cheese with Axe: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/dors... As you do...
Barrow Man Loses Bid to Lift Driving Ban: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/barr...
Barrow Man Loses Bid to Lift Driving Ban
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October 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Barrow Man Loses Bid to Lift Driving Ban: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/barr...
Cumbrian Drug Driver Immediately Caught Flouting Ban: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/cumb...
Cumbrian Drug Driver Immediately Caught Flouting Ban
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October 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Cumbrian Drug Driver Immediately Caught Flouting Ban: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/cumb...
Utterly Barbaric: Kent Savages Battered Sheep then Detonated Body: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/utte...
Utterly Barbaric: Kent Savages Battered Sheep then Detonated Body
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October 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Utterly Barbaric: Kent Savages Battered Sheep then Detonated Body: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/utte...
First Time Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/firs...
First Time Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement
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October 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
First Time Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/10/firs...
Publicans Handed £20k in Fines Over Unauthorised Erection: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/publ...
Publicans Handed £20k in Fines Over Unauthorised Erection
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September 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Publicans Handed £20k in Fines Over Unauthorised Erection: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/publ...
Legal Advisor Brain Drain: An Update on Pupillage with HMCTS: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/lega...
Legal Advisor Brain Drain: An Update on Pupillage with HMCTS
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September 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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: 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.
Finger on the Pulse: Hospital Fails to Recognise Male Posing as Female Nurse
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September 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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...
September 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/ccrc...
CCRC Refers Magistrates' Court Decision to Crown Court for Appeal
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September 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/disg... Although clearly she didn't do both of those things at the same time.
Nightmare Neighbour Next Door: Disgraced Lawyer Trimmed Bush and Urinated on Doorstep
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September 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/stup...
Stupid Is As Stupid Does: Disqualified Driver Drives Himself to Prison
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September 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Stupid Is As Stupid Does: Disqualified Driver Drives Himself to Prison: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/stup...
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.
Guilty: Asylum Seeker Sexually Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl After One Week in UK
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September 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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 in Court: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/xl-b...
XL Bullies Before Court
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September 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
XL Bullies in Court: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/xl-b...
Four men made a very costly mistake by hare coursing in Lincolnshire: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/four...
Four Men Convicted of Hare Coursing in Lincolnshire
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September 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Four men made a very costly mistake by hare coursing in Lincolnshire: magistrates.blogspot.com/2025/09/four...