A comprehensive study NCTJ Court Reporting Preliminary Exam Q&A 2024 Latest

A comprehensive study NCTJ Court Reporting Preliminary Exam Q&A 2024 Latest Three types of criminal case - CORRECT ANSWER-Summary, either way and indictable-only Summary case - CORRECT ANSWER-A minor offence dealt within the Magistrates' Court. No right to a jury trial. Either-way - CORRECT ANSWER-Depending on severity, an offence that can be dealt with in either Magistrates' Court or Crown Court. Defendant can choose trial by Crown Court Indictable-only - CORRECT ANSWER-The most severe crimes. Processed at Magistrates' Court, but not dealt with there. Must be tried in the Crown Court, e.g. murder, manslaughter, rap etc. Theft - CORRECT ANSWER-Dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it. (Theft Act 1968). Either-way. Taking a vehicle without consent (TWOC-ing) - CORRECT ANSWER-Covers conduct known as 'joy-riding' in which offenders abandon a car after using it. Does not involve intention to permanently deprive - so is not theft. Summary offence Handling - CORRECT ANSWER-Dishonestly receiving goods, knowing or believing them to be stolen, or dishonestly helping in the retention, removal or sale of such goods. Either-way. Burglary - CORRECT ANSWER-Entering a building as a trespasser and then: stealing or attempting to steal from its pr inflicting or attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm to anyone in it. Either-way generally, but can be indictable-only. Aggravated burglary - CORRECT ANSWER-Burglary while armed with a firearm, imitation firearm, or any other weapon or explosive. Indictable-only. Robbery - CORRECT ANSWER-Theft by force or by threat of force (indictable only) Blackmail - CORRECT ANSWER-Making an unwarranted demand with menaces with a view to gain, e.g. a threat to disclose embarrassing secrets involving victim unless money is paid. Indictable only. Fraud - CORRECT ANSWER-General offences, defined as conduct 'with a view to gain or with intent to cause loss or expose to a risk of loss'. Statutory fraud offences are either-way but if deemed of sufficient severity, then indictable-only