A Court requiring a surety before binding a defendant over must give the defendant an opportunity to make representations before rejecting that surety.
Judges:
Simon Brown LJ, Mance J
Citations:
Times 28-Jan-1998, [1999] 1 Cr App R 345, [1998] EWHC Admin 41, [1998] 1 WLR 800
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Cited – Hooper v United Kingdom ECHR 16-Nov-2004
The defendant had appeared in court on a charge of assault. The magistrate considered that he might be unruly and withoutmore bound him over to keep the peace. In the absence of any surety, he was committed to custody.
Held: The proceedings . .
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Magistrates
Updated: 19 May 2022; Ref: scu.86401
