Being charged with a crime

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1. Overview

If you바카라 사이트檙e charged with a crime you바카라 사이트檒l be given a 바카라 사이트榗harge sheet바카라 사이트�. This sets out the details of the crime you바카라 사이트檙e being charged with.

The police will decide if you:

  • can be released from police custody until the court hearing - but you might have to follow certain rules, known as 바카라 사이트榖ail바카라 사이트�
  • are kept in police custody until you바카라 사이트檙e taken to court for your hearing

Your first court hearing after you바카라 사이트檙e charged with a crime will be at a magistrates바카라 사이트� court - even if your trial will be at a Crown Court later on.

If you바카라 사이트檙e charged with a minor offence your case could be decided without going to court (바카라 사이트榮ingle justice procedure바카라 사이트�). If you get a single justice procedure notice you must respond within 21 days.

There are different rules if you바카라 사이트檙e or .

Young people

If you바카라 사이트檙e under 18, your first hearing will usually be at a youth court.

If you바카라 사이트檙e under 17, the police must arrange for you to be held in local authority accommodation, if possible, before you go to court.

If you바카라 사이트檙e aged 12 to 16, the police can decide to keep you at the police station if they think it will protect the public.

2. Bail

When you바카라 사이트檙e waiting for a court hearing or a trial, you might be given bail. This means you can be released from custody until the hearing or the trial.

Bail from a police station

You can be given bail at the police station after you바카라 사이트檝e been charged. This means you바카라 사이트檒l be released from custody until your first court hearing.

If you바카라 사이트檙e given bail, you might have to agree to conditions like:

  • living at a particular address
  • not contacting certain people
  • giving your passport to the police so you cannot leave the UK
  • reporting to a police station at agreed times, for example once a week

If you do not stick to these conditions you can be arrested again and be taken to prison to wait for your court hearing.

Bail from a court

When you바카라 사이트檝e been charged and you attend your hearing at a magistrates바카라 사이트� court, you might be given bail until your trial begins.

You may not be given bail if:

  • you바카라 사이트檝e been convicted of a crime in the past
  • you바카라 사이트檝e been given bail in the past and not stuck to the terms
  • the court thinks you might not turn up for your next hearing
  • the court thinks you might commit a crime while you바카라 사이트檙e on bail

If you바카라 사이트檙e given bail, you might have to agree to conditions like:

  • living at a particular address
  • not contacting certain people
  • giving up your passport so you cannot leave the UK

If you do not stick to these conditions, you can be arrested again. You바카라 사이트檒l stay in police custody until you바카라 사이트檙e given another court hearing.

The court may put different conditions in place for your bail or keep you in prison until your trial starts.

3. Remand

If the court decides to put you on remand it means you바카라 사이트檒l go to prison until your trial begins.

If you바카라 사이트檙e under 18 you바카라 사이트檒l be taken to a secure centre for young people, not an adult prison.

You may be put on remand if:

  • you바카라 사이트檝e been convicted of a crime in the past
  • the court thinks you might not go to your court hearing
  • the court thinks you might commit a crime while on bail
  • you have been given bail before and not stuck to the terms