Magistrates are set to be given powers to jail criminals for longer under plans being considered by the Government to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis. Ministers are considering legal changes ...

Magistrates could be given the power to jail criminals for a year - double the current limit - under plans being considered by ministers to tackle prison overcrowding. Currently a backlog of ...

Magistrates in England and Wales could be given powers to hand down longer custodial sentences under proposals to help reduce the backlog in crown courts and prisons. The move could allow ...

Plans to double the length of jail sentences that can be handed out by magistrates are “a knee-jerk reaction” and will worsen the prisons overcrowding crisis, a lawyers’ group has said.

Paseka ‘Pastor Mboro’ Motsoeneng at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on 2 September 2024. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen The state’s recusal application against the magistrate ...

The bribery and corruption syndicate linked to the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court has finally been exposed and so far one attorney has this week been struck off the roll. Attorney Justice ...

Magistrates have been told to stop jailing convicted criminals until next month to help tackle the prison overcrowding crisis. Lord Justice Green, one of the country’s most senior judges, has ...

As part of the judicial reforms, 81 judges of the trial courts in different districts have been reassigned to new workplaces. On Friday, four separate notifications were issued by the Justice ...

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In what was supposed to be a bail application by “Panga” Pastor Paseka “Mboro” Motsoeneng and his co-accused opened a can of worms. The State brought an application before the Palm Ridge ...

GEORGIA-MAE GREEN, 29, of Gessey Close, Long Hanborough, Witney, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen for testing in Abingdon on July 1 this year after being suspected of having ...

It has been reported that the Government is considering boosting magistrates’ sentencing powers as part of plans to ease overcrowding in prisons (Owen Humphreys/PA) Plans to double the length of ...