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Nottingham Crown Court, or more formally the High Court of Justice and Crown Court, Nottingham is a Crown Court and High Court of Justice in Nottingham, England.
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Description
The building was designed by the Property Services Agency (architects P. Harvard, K. Bates and J. Mansell). .[1] It sits on Canal Street in Nottingham. Courts first sat in the building from 1981.
Previously the Crown Court sat in the Shire Hall on High Pavement.
Recent High Profile cases
- February 1984 - Conviction of Norman Smith for the murder of Susan Renhard.
- May 1993 - Conviction of nurse Beverley Allitt for the murder and attempted murder of 13 children at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital.
- July 2004. Conviction of Alan Pennell, 16, for the murder of Luke Walmsley, 14.[2]
- May 2005 - Conviction of Peter Williams for the murder of jeweller Marian Bates.[3]
- October 2005 - Conviction of Mark Kelly and Junior Andrews for the murder of schoolgirl Danielle Beccan.[4]
- December 2009 - Conviction of Susan Bacon, Michael Bacon and Peter Jacques for the murder of gamekeeper Nigel Bacon[5]
- 25 January 2010, Stewart Hutchinson jailed for life for the murder of Colette Aram.
- January 2011 - the collapse of the trial of climate protestors charged with conspiring to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station[6]
See also
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References
- ^ Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12666-2.
- ^ http://news.scotsman.com/lukewalmsleymuder/Pupil-who-murdered-Luke-gets.2549378.jp
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/4517439.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/4326590.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/8424959.stm
- ^ http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Trial-abandoned-undercover-policeman-offers-help-defence-team/article-3081278-detail/article.html
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