Crown Court

- Season 5

(1976)

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Eleven year old Julian Morgan has been in a coma and seems unlikely to recover after being seriously injured at home. The Prosecution argue that his mother Linda Morgan had a history of beating him and inflicted the catastrophic injury. However she says it was a terrible accident as he slipped down the stairs. Her former husband testifies against her and Mrs Morgan did not challenge him divorcing her on the grounds of her past treatment of Julian. She argues though that she did not challenge the grounds for divorce as she was desperate to escape a bullying husband.

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The dismembered body of car dealer John Butlin was dumped from an aeroplane into the Irish Sea. He had been earlier been stabbed. Now Philiip Shepherd finds himself on trial for murder. The prosecution assert that he killed Butlin and pocketed the £5000 he had been carrying at the time. Shepherd passionately protests his innocence. He argues he had been asked by three criminals - Johnny the Print, Boyesie and Big Willie - to dump a load of counterfeit number plates at sea. He was then horrified to discover that it contained a dead body instead. He presumes these three...

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Gynaecologist James Binyon and G.P. Fiona Stone face trial accused of sterilising a fourteen year old girl - Janice Scott - without her mother's permission. Janice has learning difficulties and the prosecution allege that Binyon and Stone sterilised her without revealing to her mother the true nature of the operation, a claim backed by Mrs. Scott. They also claim that Binyon in particular was motivated by eugenicist ideas of "survival of the fittest". Both defendants protest their innocence and insist that Mrs. Scott knew the full facts about her daughter's treatment ...

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Colin Tiler is a popular and respected teacher at a comprehensive school. However he is now in court charged with the indecent assault of one of his pupils, fifteen year old Kevin Anderson. Kevin comes from a troubled background but developed a good relationship with his teacher but did Tiler then take advantage of that relationship? The prosecution think so and argue that Tiler was sexually attracted to Kevin and used an opportunity when they met one evening for inappropriate and unwanted physical contact. Tiler admits that he is gay but insists he would not engage ...

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Ian Whiting, an accountant, is charged with assaulting his wife Jennifer. She says that he regularly attacked her culminating in a final assault that left her seriously injured. He argues that she was prone to rages and that her injuries were caused when he tried to defend himself.

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Robert E Scard is accused of deceiving clients about the performance of his businesses in order to attract investments that he then pocketed. He insists he has been framed and evidence of his innocence has been destroyed.

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Thomas Nolan was so badly assaulted that he is unable to give evidence in court. Teenagers Frank Price and Sheila Cronin are charged with committing grievous bodily harm on him. The Prosecution claim that Cronin is "vicious and vindictive" and led Price who has learning difficulties. Both defendants assert their innocence - they do not deny an earlier argument with the victim but say they were at home when he was attacked.

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Akanni Dawodu is accused of harassing one of his tenants, Mrs. Obl, with the intention of driving her away from her tenancy. It is alleged that he frightened her using a ju-ju (black magic) ceremony which used the bodies of dead animals and death threats using her name. Dawodu asserts his innocence, arguing that the religious ritual was an innocent act of purification and that he believed she was casting the evil eye over him.

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James William Kent is charged with assaulting two police officers. They say he punched and kicked them after they arrested him for trying the handles of parked vehicles. Kent denies the offences. He was convicted a few years earlier of being an "incorrigible rogue" - a persistent vagrant - and says that as a result the police are prejudiced against him and that the law gives him little chance of escaping conviction. He admits a long criminal record but says he has no previous convictions of violence, is arthritic and would never have struck the officers. He says his ...

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Stanley Roberts was electrocuted and killed when his crane touched cables; a young boy who rushed to help him was also killed in the incident. A postmortem showed that Roberts had drunk alcohol beforehand. His employer Albert Hunter is now charged with health and safety offences. The prosecution assert that Hunter knew that Roberts was an alcoholic but took no proper action to stop him working. His widow says she wrote to Hunter about her husband's drinking and also says he used to hit her. However the defence maintain that there was no evidence that Roberts was ever ...

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Dr Barbara Baxter stands accused of publishing a defamatory article against a Fulchester plastics company claiming deaths have occurred due to vinyl chloride poisoning.

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Leavis and Lovelace work together as jobbing builders and a pub comedy act. They also now share the dock, accused of disguising themselves, tricking their way into the homes of two old aged pensioners and then robbing them.

The trial of the Jolly Swagmen continues.

The trial of The Jolly Swagmen concludes.

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Cafe owner Frederick Muir stands accused of incitement to racial hatred. The prosecution allege that he unfairly dismissed Tunde Williams, a highly qualified Nigerian immigrant, on the grounds of his race. Following the dismissal a number of witnesses say that Muir made a highly offensive racist speech. Muir denies the charge. He argues that he quite correctly dismissed Williams for incompetence. He admits to then speaking about racial issues but says his words condemned racism and he has been deliberately misquoted by the witnesses who have colluded in their evidence...

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Trawler captain William Stringer is charged with causing the death by neglect of John Sullivan, a young crew member who was swept into the sea in extremely stormy conditions. The prosecution allege that Stringer was reckless as to the poor weather and ordered the terrified Sullivan to remain on deck. They also claim he had been drinking alcohol, impairing his judgement. The defence reject the allegations. They argue that Stringer is an immensely capable officer who did the best for his crew. In particular they assert that Stringer ordered Sullivan below deck but he ...

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At an earlier trial Sylvia Turner was acquitted of soliciting on Fulchester High Street. However she now finds herself on trial accused of perjury. The Prosecution claim that Miss Turner lied when she said in court that she was not soliciting on that occasion - she is a known prostitute and propositioned a man. She does not deny that she has worked that area as a prostitute and continues to engage in prostitution but says she no longer works the streets and her exchange with the man on that day was banter and not a sexual invitation.

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Prison officer William Parker has been left permanently physically and mentally disabled after being attacked in prison - an attack that was shortly followed by a major riot causing huge damage. Inmate Stephen Benson is now charged with grievous bodily harm, the Prosecution arguing he bore a grudge against Parker and hit him on the back of the head with a hammer inflicting catastrophic injuries. Parker insists his innocence and the Defence assert he is not a violent offender - he was actually trying to assist the injured Parker, the attack having been carried out by ...

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A progressive female teacher is accused of illegally imprisoning a male pupil.

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Lola Martin is on trial accused of persistently importuning for immoral purposes and striking Jeffrey Lent. The case is made more unusual as Lola Martin is a transvestite and gay man and Lent is an undercover police officer who says he was trying to catch drug dealers in the club where the incidents occurred. The Defence case is that the detective was an agent provocateur who incited an advance and was then struck in self-defence as he grabbed Lola..

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Terence Healey, an admitted career criminal turned used car dealer, spent almost two years in prison and faced three trials before being acquitted of involvement in an armed robbery. He is seeking damages from Police Commander Latcham whom he says maliciously prosecuted him, using an informer within the robbery gang called Albert Charlton to mount a fabricated case. Latcham says he acted in good faith and that Charlton's evidence was vital to getting dangerous criminals off the streets.

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Jacques Denver and Agnes Lisle, a couple of St Lucian heritage, are accused of abducting their son Ashley from the care of the local authority. Ashley had been taken into care and sent to a residential school for children with learning difficulties. The Defence case is that Denver and Lisle thought that Ashley was in danger of psychological harm and that the decision to take him into care was affected by unfair intelligence testing which ignored his background as a patois speaker. The Prosecution insist the local authority's decision was fair and only motivated by ...

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Scottish nationalist campaigners Hamish Stewart-Mackenzie and Davidina McLeod stand charged with the theft of an oil tanker that was taken from Services near Kendal. The Prosecution allege that Stewart-Mackenzie drove the vehicle away after Miss McLeod had distracted the driver Peter Telfer who had been giving her a lift. Stewart-Mackenzie doesn't deny taking the tanker but argues he was justified because its cargo of oil belongs to Scotland. Miss McLeod, who is a folk singer, argues she was simply on her way to a gig - she had nothing to do with the taking of the ...

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