dance at court and compliance with any conditions attached to bail.
1.4.5 Detention in custody
Where a juvenile is refused bail, he is normally remanded in local authority accommodation. He may be remanded in secure accommodation only if:
· the juvenile is over 10 years old; and
· either
· he is charged with or has been convicted of a violent or sexual offence, or an offence punishable in the case of an adult with imprisonment for a term of fourteen years or more, or
· taken together, the offences of which he has been convicted and with which he has been charged amount to a recent history of repeatedly committing imprisonable offences while remanded on bail or to local authority accommodation.
1.4.6 Trial in the Youth Court
Balham Youth Court. A Youth Court is a magistrates 'court but the Youth Court has jurisdiction to try juveniles where a Magistrates Court does not have a similar power to try adults. The Magistrates and District Judges who sit in the Youth Court will receive specialist training on dealing with young people. A youth court is presided over by either a district judge or a bench of two or three lay magistrates, which must (unless there are unforeseen circumstances), include both a man and a woman. A youth court is not open to the public. The victim (s) of the crime, however, has/have the opportunity to attend the hearings of the court if they want to, but they must make a request to the court if they wish to do so. The needs and wishes of victims will always be considered by the court and, through the youth offending team (YOT), they often have the opportunity to have an input into the sentencing process. The only other persons who may be present are:
· members and officers of the court;
· parties to the case before the court, their solicitors and counsel, and witnesses and other persons directly concerned in that case (eg probation officers and social workers);
· parents or guardians;
· bon? fide representatives of newspapers or news agencies;
· such other persons as the court may specially authorize to be present. following reporting restrictions apply automatically:
· no report shall be published which reveals the name, address or school of any child or young person concerned in the proceedings or includes any particulars likely to lead to the identification of any child or young person concerned in the proceedings; and
· no picture shall be published in any newspaper as being or including a picture of any child or young person so concerned in the proceedings as aforesaid. restrictions may be lifted by the court:
· for the purpose of avoiding injustice to the child or young person or
· as respects a child or young person, who is charged with or has been convicted or a violent offence, a sexual offence, or an offence punishable in the case of a person aged 21 or over with imprisonment for fourteen years or more and is unlawfully at large, it is necessary to dispense with those requirements for the purpose of apprehending him and bringing him before a court or returning him to the place in which he was in custody or
· in respect of a child who has been convicted of an offence, in the public interest. a child is under 16, the court must (unless it would be unreasonable) require a parent or guardian to attend court and where the child is aged 16 to 18, the court may do so.
1.4.7 Trial in the Crown Court
Generally, the same procedures apply in the Crown Court for juveniles as for adults. There is no automatic restriction on reporting proceedings, unlike in the Youth Court, but the court may direct that:
· no newspaper report of the proceedings shall reveal the name, address or school, or include any particulars calculated to lead to the identification, of any child or young person concerned in the proceedings, either as being the person by or against or in respect of whom the proceedings are taken, or as being a witness therein; and/or
· no picture shall be published in any newspaper as being or including a picture of any child or young person so concerned in the proceedings as aforesaid. a child is under 14, the court must (unless it would be unreasonable) require a parent or guardian to attend court and where the child is aged 14 to 18, the court may do so. II.30 of the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction makes provision for the adapting the procedures in the Crown C...
