Cambridge Crown Court

Cambridge Crown Court.

Cambridge Crown Court is a venue of the Crown Court in Cambridge, England. Resident Judge since summer 2009 is His Honour Judge Gareth Hawkesworth.[1] His Honour Judge Jonathan Haworth is Diversity and community relations judge for the court, and was formerly Resident Judge.[2]

Description

The building is on East Road, Cambridge and opened in June 2004. It was designed by Austin-Smith:Lord and contains three courtrooms. [3] It was financed by PFI, Modern Courts (East Anglia) Limited building the premises and managing them for 25 years.[4] It is a Tier 1 court centre, used for trial of serious offences including murder. [5] The court was previously held in the Cambridge Guildhall.[5]

Cases

  • September 2009 - Rekha Kumari-Baker was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 33 years, for the murder of her two daughters. They were killed as they slept, Kumari-Baker stabbing them 69 times in total.[6]
  • November 2015 - Mark Mosley was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 30 years, for the murder of fellow traveller Jessie Smith with a sawn-off shotgun after a New Year's Eve dispute. He was also convicted of attempted murder of another traveller, Paul 'Rambo' Smith.[7]
  • January 2018 - Korim 'Abdul' Ali & Abdul Salam 'Minnie' Ali, of Darwin Drive, Arbury, Cambridge, were sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court on 12 January 2018.[8] Korim 'Abdul' was handed a life sentence and must serve a minimum of 23 years before he will be eligible for release from the parole panel after being found guilty of the murder of James Cromwell. He also received an 8 months sentence to serve concurrently for using a mobile phone in custody. Abdul Salam 'Minnie' Ali was handed a 3-year sentence for intimidating a witness and a concurrent sentence of 8 months for being party to illegal communications on a mobile phone. K & S Ali's mother, Nazna Begum, who said her son had been in the family home at the time he is alleged to have killed James Cromwell was not charged nor was K Ali's girlfriend, Korell Holley for supporting this false statement.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "South Eastern Circuit Latest Reports". Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Diversity and community relations judges". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Cambridge architecture" (PDF). Architecture.com. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  4. ↑ "Cambridge Crown Court Moves To New Premises". Wired-gov.net. 2004-06-02. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  5. 1 2 "City gets murders nod after court upgrade". Cambridge News. 11 May 2005. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Mother Rekha Kumari-Baker sentenced to 33 years for murders of children". The Daily Telegraph. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Mark Mosley sentenced to 30 years behind bars for murder of fellow traveller Jessie Smith". Cambridge News. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Thomas, Josh (2018-01-12). "Recap: James Cromwell murderer Abdul K Ali is sentenced". cambridgenews. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  9. ↑ Thomas, Josh (2018-01-12). "James Cromwell murder accused: 'I was in bed sick the night of the attack'". cambridgenews. Retrieved 2018-01-12.

Coordinates: 52°12′25″N 0°08′12″E / 52.20698°N 0.136672°E / 52.20698; 0.136672

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