1. When a crime is first discovered, the police often don’t know who has done it or why. Usually, though, the person who has committed the crime will have left some evidence of their identity at the scene such as a footprint, blood, or fibres from clothing. This evidence often forms the basis of any case against the suspect who the police may take to court.
2. All criminal cases start in magistrates’ courts. Minor cases stay there, with the magistrates deciding on guilt or innocence and sentencing the criminal. Serious cases are referred by magistrates to the Crown Court — this is called “committal”. In committals, all the magistrates do is hear the outline evidence and decide whether there is a case to answer.
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