If someone is charged with a criminal offence, they must go to a court to answer that charge.
There are three types of criminal court in the UK:
For adults, almost all criminal cases start in the magistrates’ courts, where the magistrates will determine whether the case should be heard in a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court. How magistrates decide which court will hear a case depends on which type of offence it is and how serious.
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