Lewes Crown Court

Lewes Crown Court

Lewes Crown Court is a Crown Court in Lewes, East Sussex, England. It is housed in the Lewes Combined Court Centre along with Lewes County Court in the High Street in Lewes.

Cases

It is the first tier Crown Court Centre for the whole of Sussex and is presided over by a Senior Circuit Judge, known as the Resident Judge. The present Resident Judge is His Honour Judge Richard Brown DL who also holds the title of Honorary Recorder of Brighton & Hove. He has been in post for 12 years. There are 4 Crown courts at Lewes, 4 at Hove and 2 in Brighton, making it a 10 Crown court centre.There are about 10 full time Circuit Judges based at the Centre, and they are assisted from time to time by part time Judges (known as Recorders.) Each of these Judges are qualified to hear various levels of seriousness of case. The maximum sentence available to the Crown Court is life imprisonnment-this is mandatory in cases of murder.Most cases are heard by a Judge and Jury unless a defendant has pleaded guilty in which case a Judge alone will deal with the matter.

A number of very high profile criminal trials have taken place at Lewes in recent years. Amongst them are the case of Roy Whiting (convicted of the murder of Sarah Payne),Graham Coutts (convicted of the murder of schoolteacher Jane Longhurst), Andrew Wragg (manslaughter of a seriusly ill child of the family)These follow on from other notorious murder trials in the past, including John George Haigh (convicted of multiple murders).

The public are allowed to attend these courts at any time, but are subject to search/metal detection equipment on entry. Cameras are not allowed in the building.

The Crown Court holds an open day in September of each year. The public can visit the whole of the building. This includes the cells, the docks in each court and even the Judges chair! On the 13th September 2008 3085 people visited the Crown Court. This was a record number.

References

External links

* [http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/HMCSCourtFinder/Search.do?court_id=349 Court information]


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