Scumbag on remand - can I find out court stuff?

[numtumfutunch]

Hello, this is a purely nosey request so please be gentle

I know that a "friend" of mine did something pretty dreadful last week and was picked up by the Police shortly afterwards and is now a guest of HM pending further investigation

I know vaguely what he did and on what date and I can guess which magistrates court he briefly transited on his way to Sing Sing but is there any way of finding the transcripts from the court? Id have thought in the digital age it was all online however the website of said court just gives directions without any further information

Is there a better website to use?

Cheers

[anonymous-user]

Transcripts cost money, so, no, not everything said in every court is transcribed. Digital age or not, making a transcript requires a human and public resources do not justify paying a human to transcribe every hearing.

[V8forweekends]

Will anything much have been said anyway? (INAL) Beyond very basic details of what he's accused of wouldn't most of the debate be about why he should be remanded in custody, not what he's done?

[Red Devil]

Breadvan72 said:

Transcripts cost money, so, no, not everything said in every court is transcribed. Digital age or not, making a transcript requires a human and public resources do not justify paying a human to transcribe every hearing.

^^This^^

I would be astonished if proceedings in magistrates courts are transcribed. With 330 of them the cost would be prohibitive

[arfur sleep]

but a simple court record along the lines of the below should surely exist for each defendant?

"John A Scumbag was remanded in custody on a charge of being in possession of a loud shirt in a built up area"?

[Dairymilk]

If you want to know what happens in a magistrates court you need to sit in the public gallery when the you case is being heard. There are no transcripts but the Clerk and magistrates keep notes. You can request their release but I am certain you will be disappointed. As I understand it the ICO doesn't think that it is in the public interest to have courts release this information.

[Bullett]

Do they not make audio recordings?

[TwistingMyMelon]

Local paper, they often feature tit bits of local hoodlums and the Jez Kyle esque exploits

Google is your friend

[tenpenceshort]

Bullett said:

Do they not make audio recordings?

Not usually at magistrates.

If you ring the court they might be helpful and tell you the result of a hearing.

[Greendubber]

So .......what did he do?