Blackfriars Crown Court

Blackfriars Crown Court was a crown court at 1–15 Pocock Street, London SE1, which dealt with criminal cases.[1] The court building is located in Southwark, a short distance from Blackfriars Road, from which it takes its name. The court closed on 20 December 2019; with cases being relocated to Snaresbrooke, Wood Green, Inner London and Kingston Crown Courts depending upon the prosecuting authority.

Blackfriars Crown Court

In 2013, a judge at the court ruled that a woman should remove her niqab while giving evidence.[2] In 2015, Lorraine Barwell, a custody officer at the court, died after being assaulted while escorting a prisoner to a van.[3]

In 2021, after the court closed, it was used to film legal scenes for the Netflix revival of Top Boy.[4]

See also

References
  1. Blackfriars Crown Court. Gov.UK Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. Wearing niqab should be woman's choice, says Theresa May. Jamie Grierson, The Independent, 17 September 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. Custody officer dies after attack at Blackfriars Crown Court. BBC News. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  4. Aishah Hussain (21 January 2021). "Netflix's Top Boy uses sold off crown court to film legal scenes — as criminal case backlog hits 457,518". Legal Cheek. Retrieved 22 January 2021.


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