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What does Trial on indictment mean?
A trial on indictment is a trial of an indictable offence and consequently heard at the Crown court.
Indictable offences are defined by the Criminal Law Act 1977, s 64, but are generally the more serious pleas of the Crown, preferred by the state authorities. Statutes now generally describe whether crimes are triable on indictment, summarily or either way in accordance with that section. The Senior Courts Act 1981, s 46 provides that trials on indictment belong solely in the Crown Court. This means that for an indictable only offence, the only role of the Magistrates court is to send the accused for trial at the Crown court, while an offence triable either way will require a mode of trial hearing.
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