Tour of Blackfriars Crown Court through the eyes of the defendant, with Sean Poulier, Solicitor
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- Опубліковано 29 лис 2020
- Solidarity Sounds UK present: 'Change The Record' online fundraiser event for Safer London & The Black Curriculum, 24.10.20. Created during #blackhistorymonth2020 and highlighting the #blacklivesmatter movement.
With unique access to the de-comissioned Blackfriars Crown Court, London - SSUK collaborated with filmmakers, speakers and performers to create content to be premiered at our fundraiser event.
Inspired by the emotive location - we curated content that would give an insight and commentary on inequalities of the justice system, provide a backdrop for our talks on Black History & Allyship with the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as inspire original creative responses by our performers.
Sean Poulier, Solicitor & Higher Rights Advocate who has practiced at Blackfriars - gives a detailed tour of a defendant's experience of the court trial procedure: from how it feels to arrive in the van loading bay, being held in the cells awaiting trial, the unsettling courtroom language & environment and the emotions in the consultation room with your solicitor post-trial. A insightful and educational film for anyone who has (luckily) not experienced this side of the justice system.
Director - Reece Proctor
Producer - Dani Wall
Camera 1 - Tom Sharman
Camera 2 - Freya Holdsworth
Editor - Reece Proctor
Production Support - Marie-Claire McCleese
Production Assistant - Aphra McSherry Birley
Solidarity Sounds UK - Hazel Krause-Gayle
Solidarity Sounds UK - Vanessa Reynolds
Solidarity Sounds UK - Alice Seymour
Given the seriousness of what is at stake during a criminal trial, the dock area needs to have a speaker system to ensure that defendants can hear what is being said during their trials. Defendants should have every right to participate in their defense, and being able to hear what is going on is vital. We're talking about someone's ability to remain free or not.
Not only 'should' they be able to hear proceedings properly and participate, they have a 'right' to do so, enshrined in the ECHR. It would be interesting to see what the Court of Human Rights would make of this, if even experienced lawyers admit that quite often defendants can't follow proceedings properly... could be that the whole English legal system is itself in breach of the law...
And perhaps not have such an oppressive and intimidating structure to the proceedings. I understand there may be a need for it, however I don't see how it helps anyone.
I work as an interpreter and what this gentleman is saying here is 100% correct regarding the unability to hear what is being said in the court.
I used to be an interpreter in the USA. And the worst thing that can happen to an interpreter is to not hear what is being said and have to interrupt the court so that it could be clarified.
This place closed for good in December 2019 and was later used for the courtroom/prison scenes in the more recent Top Boy series.
It's absolutely outrageous that the defendant can't hear what's going on in the court. They should be next to their lawyer, or at least able to hear every word and able to communicate with them
I've just served on a week long case on a jury in a crown court almost identical to this one. The defendant had a hearing loop in the dock and could hear every word that was said during the trial. There was one afternoon where they were having trouble with the sound on the loop and the defendant couldn't hear so the judge allowed them to sit immedietely behind their lawyer.
I don't know if anyone has ever been in Camberwell green magistrates court cells but once I was arrested on a warrant for a £80 fine that I got like 10 years ago prior to that arrest lol I forgot about that fine however the cells was like a dungeon water all over the floor very grime conditions I was shocked on the state of that court house the place was rotting away it was conditions I would expect people from the 1900s to be detained in and when I was up in court the judge was furious that I was held for a low fine and just told me I don't owe nothing and let me go
The worst mate I’ve only been Brighton magistrates but no toilets in the cells just wooden bench and the leaflet that’s in their to read
I remember being out in a cell at magistrates court I amused myself with the chalkboard in the cell 😂
Anne And my three father's of Britten I'm still here Trask Pierce my four brothers
Why do the cell doors open inwards when nearly every cell in the world has doors that open out ? Too easy for the prisoner here to block the door shut from inside the cell.
Are you stupid? They have been searched and go in with absolutely nothing other than the clothes they're wearing, and there's nothing on the inside to block the door with. And don't suggest they block the door with themselves, before you even think about it.
The rite's too
No chance if he can not hear you or if he is like me with defe
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There is an argument to abolish the dock, like in the USA. At least for those who are not convicted of any crime.
Subconsciously the image of a shackled defendent being routinely frogmarched in by guards, and locked in a cage. Might impression a jury that the individual must be guilty and simply needs the rubber stamp of conviction.
Rather than Innocent till proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
This is such a good point. Optics are everything
The best uploading among those talking about the same subject ,unlike those only introductions the situation inside the court.WELL DONE SIR
Sir what is the British rule for land property what the dougter not reach not owner her father property my grandmother loos the property 1942 Pakistan British rule the property was divided another's people's 1992 what your opinion
Trask Pierce year 91 the rite's
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Is is complete rubbish...you are search before you leave prison....the court staff never conduct a search unless you get sentenced ....this description is really over reacted 🤣 Plus this court is shut down anyway....my trial was one the last at blackfrars 💯
Guilty or not guilty?
Trust law and maritime law?
Pakistani Government Dont Except British Documents so u help me All country leaders and Boris Johnson i have brutish documents 1917 pakistani government dont help
It sounds awful