Nottingham Crown Court

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Nottingham Crown and County Courts front on Canal Street as seen from the top of the former Broadmarsh shopping centre
Low level view of a light coloured building alongside a canal
Rear view from the Nottingham Canal

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.

The building houses Nottingham Crown Court, Nottingham Family Court, The High Court of Justice and Nottingham County Court.

Description[]

The building, on Canal Street in Nottingham city centre, was designed by the Property Services Agency (architects P. Harvard, K. Bates and J. Mansell).[1] Courts first sat in the building from 1981.

Previously the Crown Court sat in the Shire Hall on High Pavement.

High-profile cases[]

  • February 1984 – Conviction of Norman Smith for the murder of Susan Renhard[2]
  • May 1993 – Conviction of nurse Beverley Allitt for the murder and attempted murder of 13 children at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital[3]
  • July 2004 – Conviction of Alan Pennell, 16, for the murder of Luke Walmsley, 14[4]
  • May 2005 – Conviction of Peter Williams for the murder of jeweller Marian Bates[5]
  • October 2005 – Conviction of Mark Kelly and Junior Andrews for the murder of schoolgirl Danielle Beccan[6]
  • December 2009 – Conviction of Susan Bacon, Michael Bacon and Peter Jacques for the murder of gamekeeper Nigel Bacon[7]
  • January 2010 – Conviction of Stewart Hutchinson, jailed for life for the murder of Colette Aram[8]
  • January 2011 – Collapse of the trial of climate protestors charged with conspiring to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station[9]
  • April 2013 – Conviction of Mick Philpott and others for the manslaughter of six of his children in a house fire in Derby[10]
  • June 2014 – Conviction of Susan Edwards and husband Christopher Edwards for the murders of her parents in 1998, both sentenced to 25 years[11]
  • July 2012 and July 2015 - Conviction of Charlotte Collinge in 2012 for the murder of husband Clifford Collinge, sentenced to 23 years with two accomplices both sentenced to 18 years.[12] Following a 2015 re-trial, Charlotte Collinge was cleared and accomplices found guilty with sentences re-imposed[13]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12666-2.
  2. ^ ITN Digital News Archive
  3. ^ "Allitt given life for murdering Ward 4 children: Judge tells former". The Independent. 29 May 1993.
  4. ^ "Pupil who murdered Luke gets life term". The Scotsman. 27 July 2004.
  5. ^ "Life sentence for jeweller killer". 5 May 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Two convicted of Danielle murder". 12 October 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Wife and son jailed for killing". 21 December 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Man sentenced to life for 1983 murder of Colette Aram". BBC News. 25 January 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  9. ^ "Trial abandoned after undercover policeman offers help to defence team". This is Nottingham.
  10. ^ "Philpott trial day 2: Court hears how police bugged Philpotts' hotel room after fire".
  11. ^ Mansfield couple jailed for life for murdering parents itv.com, 20 June 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2021
  12. ^ Clifford Collinge murder: Wife jailed for 23 years BBC News, 31 July 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2021
  13. ^ Clifford Collinge widow Charlotte cleared after murder retrial BBC News, 3 July 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2021

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Coordinates: 52°56′54″N 1°08′48″W / 52.94833°N 1.14667°W / 52.94833; -1.14667


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