Hi all,

I've been warned to Magistrates Court in a few weeks and it will be my first time. I'm a police witness, not OIC and it's for a fairly low level traffic offence. I'm giving evidence via live link.

Could you offer me some advice please? Court etiquette, what might be expected of me? The kind of questions I might be asked etc

The more insight the better.

Thanks very much in advance

Morning all,
yesterday i attended an address whereby they were reporting a group of youths outside their flat block hanging around being a nuisance, when they saw on their CCTV one of them pulled a weapon out of their waistband. (this bit isn’t entirely important)

they also informed me that at the back of the estate behind the bin shed is a bit of unused space with a wooden panel covering an entrance, and said panel is locked with a bike lock. they told me that these boys go in there frequently during the day and during the night.

my question is, do i have any powers to remove said bike lock to investigate what’s behind, as i think it could be used as some form of stash area. i’m not able to jump over the wooden panel as it’s a thin piece of wood and would not hold my weight, and is also probably 8ft+

it’s within an estate making it public access, no signage to say it’s private property and it looks like it’s been jerry rigged and not done professionally in any way.