Great story for English Legal System revision generally…

Jemima Phillips, official harpist to Prince Charles, was found guilty of handling stolen goods at Gloucester Crown Court today, having already admitted fraud. Apparently the cause of her offending is drug-related. This makes a great story to use with AS students to revise, inter alia, bail, sentencing, criminal courts, and appeals! The BBC have the story on video. Read on for Sky’s take on it, and to download a worksheet for your students.

Sam Hallam is freed [17 May 2012]
New MoJ Site [24 Jan 2012]
Jury trial under threat…again! [17 Jan 2012]
R v Dobson & Norris [4 Jan 2012]
The Solar System of the Courts [29 Nov 2011]
Lay or DJ? [18 Nov 2011]
Sentencing Stats [28 Oct 2011]
Sentencing - LIVE! [5 Sep 2011]
Judges reading the Riot Act [19 Aug 2011]
A landmark case for the jury [20 Jul 2011]
Sentencing Reform Podcast [8 Jul 2011]
Poor set to suffer most from legal aid cuts [28 Jun 2011]
Jury trial and the internet [16 Jun 2011]
Government set to axe sentencing reforms? [8 Jun 2011]
Rehab, not revenge… [19 Apr 2011]
The true impact of the legal aid cuts [18 Mar 2011]
Silk… [23 Feb 2011]
Criminal Courts - Free interactive resource [4 Feb 2011]
Deterrence [26 Jan 2011]
Free interactive resource! [25 Jan 2011]
Judge for Yourself [23 Jan 2011]
Breaking the Cycle of reoffending [20 Jan 2011]
Tweet Justice [21 Dec 2010]
Julian Assange granted bail [14 Dec 2010]
Sentencing Green Paper [8 Dec 2010]
Twitter Joke Trial [22 Nov 2010]
middle class, middle aged…. and sleepy? [3 Oct 2010]
Will the Supreme Court survive the cuts? [24 Sep 2010]
A “rehabilitation revolution” [26 Jul 2010]
The parole board [20 Jul 2010]
“Prison Works”... or does it? [30 Jun 2010]
Guardian Law [13 May 2010]
Magna Carta [22 Mar 2010]
“I feel as if they have ripped out my heart” - victim’s justice? [17 Mar 2010]
You Be The Judge [10 Mar 2010]
The Angola 3 [10 Mar 2010]
Are juries fair? [21 Feb 2010]
Community Payback - Video clip and worksheet [15 Feb 2010]
Juries and the web [26 Jan 2010]
Criminal Appeals: Attorney General’s References [26 Jan 2010]
Edlington, the age of criminal responsibility and youth sentencing [24 Jan 2010]
Coroner’s Courts [24 Jan 2010]
Juries and mental illness [11 Jan 2010]
First criminal trial without a jury for 400 years to go ahead next week [8 Jan 2010]
Mode of Trial proceedings [24 Dec 2009]
New Youth Justice Site [4 Dec 2009]
Reform of libel law [22 Nov 2009]