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2025-05-22 07:20:07 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1B29A12FFD5A14BC5FCFA07AC9081B4A774EE6305EF50100EE752C5E8DFA5E6E
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Terrorism offences are routinely heard at crown court as indictable offence cases. Magistrates court deals with summary offences. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/54/section/8 Plea and Trial Preparation Hearing at the Crown Court is always without jury as it is only first appearance, not the trial which has a jury. https://www.cps.gov.uk/victims-guide/victims-guide-first-hearing-crown-court-plea-and-trial-preparation-hearing#:~:text=The%20first%20hearing%20at%20Crown,This%20process%20is%20called%20arraignment. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2qq2n3800o.amp
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