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A day in Manchester Magistrates' Court during the coronavirus lockdown
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Manchester Magistrates' Court can be a hectic place. In one courtroom alone, up to 40 cases can be dealt with in a day. Solicitors, defendants, probation officers, ushers and members of public stream in and out of the 18 courtrooms in the Spinninfields building.
This is the first court in which cases must be heard. Whether they're dealt with here, or bumped up to city's Crown courts depends on the severity or type of crime.
A huge number of people, on any given day, walk through those glass doors. That was until the coronavirus lockdown. Upon entering the building, a security officer asked for this reporter’s name.
The UK has a proud open justice principle. For that reason, Manchester Evening News reporters are still granted access during
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