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2. What happens if, when the suspect is taken to the Magistrates' Court initially, the case is too big to hear in one go?

  • Magistrates defer to CPS
  • Magistrates automatically grant bail
  • Magistrates will make the decision on whether suspect should be granted bail or not
  • Magistrates automatically remand suspect in custody

3. What happens when police are not willing to bail a suspect?

  • The CPS are left to make the decision
  • The suspect is taken to Magistrates' Court ASAP
  • The suspect is taken to Crown Court ASAP
  • The suspect is remanded in custody indefinitely

4. How do offences triable either way work?

  • If defendant is pleading not guilty, they have the right to ask for case to be tried at Crown Court, or can agree to it being tried at Magistrates' Court
  • If defendant is pleading not guilty, his case is tried by two judges
  • If defendant is pleading guilty, they have the right to ask for it to be tried at Crown Court, or can agree to it being tried at Magistrates' Court
  • If defendant is pleading not guilty, the case is tried by two juries

5. What are offences triable either way and where are they tried?

  • The most serious offences; both Magistrates' and Crown Court'
  • The middle range of offences; both Magistrates' and Crown Court
  • The middle range of offences; only Crown Court
  • The middle range of offences; only Magistrates' Court
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