E69 – A Criminal Trial in the Crown Court (Monologue)

This episode is part of the English Legal System (Module 5): An Introduction to Criminal Procedure.

Judge and jury

This episodes focuses on what happens in a criminal trial in the Crown Court and includes information about:

● the differences between summary trial and trial on indictment
● the different roles of the judge and jury
● lots of Legal English vocabulary

See a Crown Court trial in reality, visit the ‘Old Bailey’ Central Criminal Court.

Learn more on Defence barrister Christopher Kessling’s website.

Watch a mock Crown Court trial with BBC ‘Young Legal Eagles’.

Episode image: Still taken from Ministry of Justice UK YouTube video about jury members subject to Crown copyright. The Ministry of Justice UK website has lots of free resources here including an excellent and fun resource ‘You be the Judge’.  

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