First UK Criminal Trial Without a Jury for 400 Years

Richard Taylor made this Freedom of Information request to Her Majesty’s Courts and the Tribunals Service

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From: Richard Taylor

30 November 2009

It has been reported that the trial of John Twomey, Glen Cameron,
Peter Blake and Barry Hibberd who are facing charges including
conspiracy to rob and firearm possession relating to a £1.75m raid
at a Heathrow warehouse in February 2004 is to begin on the 12th of
January 2010.

I am writing to request the release of :

i/ the scheduled time, date and location for the beginning of the
trial
ii/ details of any special arrangements for press and public
attendance
iii/ any estimation of the expected duration of the trial

Could you let me know if the information requested is subject to
change; if it is I would like to ask you to please keep me up to
date with the current information.

To clarify: I am not requesting information regarding past trials,
only regarding the trial reportedly scheduled for the 12th of
January 2010.

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Richard Taylor
Cambridge
http://www.rtaylor.co.uk

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30 November 2009

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Richard Taylor left an annotation (30 November 2009)

This request refers to what has been reported as: "The first criminal trial without a jury for 400 years":

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/bu...

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From: Customer Services (CSHQ)

23 December 2009

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your email. I apologise for the delay in replying, I only received your email yesterday. Please note that your request is not an Freedom of Information request.

The trial is due to start on 12th January 2010 in Court 35 at the Royal Courts of Justice before The Honourable Mr Justice Treacy. It is estimated to last 3-4 months.

There will be seating available for both press/public.

Regards
HMCS, Customer Service Unit

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Richard Taylor left an annotation ( 8 January 2010)

I have written an article on the subject of this request. It is available at:

http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/first-modern-cr...

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Richard Taylor
Cambridge, UK
http://www.rtaylor.co.uk

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Richard Taylor left an annotation (12 January 2010)

I attended the trial and have written a further article on it at:

http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/robbery-trial-s...

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Richard Taylor
Cambridge
http://www.rtaylor.co.uk

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