Cambridge Crown Court

Cambridge Crown Court is a venue of the Crown Court in Cambridge, England. Resident Judge since summer 2009 is His Honour Judge Gareth Hawkesworth.[1] His Honour Judge Jonathan Haworth is diversity and community relations judge for the court, and was formerly resident judge.[2]

Cambridge Crown Court.

Description

The building is on East Road, Cambridge and opened in June 2004. It was designed by Austin-Smith:Lord and contains three courtrooms. [3] It was financed by PFI, Modern Courts (East Anglia) Limited building the premises and managing them for 25 years.[4] It is a Tier 1 court centre, used for trial of serious offences including murder. [5] The court was previously held in the Cambridge Guildhall.[5]

Cases
  • September 2009 - Rekha Kumari-Baker was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 33 years, for the murder of her two daughters. They were killed as they slept, Kumari-Baker stabbing them 69 times in total.[6]
  • November 2015 - Mark Mosley was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 30 years, for the murder of fellow traveller Jessie Smith with a sawn-off shotgun after a New Year's Eve dispute. He was also convicted of attempted murder of another traveller, Paul 'Rambo' Smith.[7]
  • January 2018 - Korim 'Abdul' Ali & Abdul Salam 'Minnie' Ali, of Darwin Drive, Arbury, Cambridge, were sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court on 12 January 2018.[8] Korim 'Abdul' was handed a life sentence and must serve a minimum of 23 years before he will be eligible for release from the parole panel after being found guilty of the murder of James Cromwell. He also received an 8 months sentence to serve concurrently for using a mobile phone in custody. Abdul Salam 'Minnie' Ali was handed a 3-year sentence for intimidating a witness and a concurrent sentence of 8 months for being party to illegal communications on a mobile phone. K & S Ali's mother, Nazna Begum, who said her son had been in the family home at the time he is alleged to have killed James Cromwell was not charged nor was K Ali's girlfriend, Korell Holley for supporting this false statement.[9]

References
  1. "South Eastern Circuit Latest Reports". Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. "Diversity and community relations judges". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  3. "Cambridge architecture" (PDF). Architecture.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  4. "Cambridge Crown Court Moves To New Premises". Wired-gov.net. 2004-06-02. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  5. "City gets murders nod after court upgrade". Cambridge News. 11 May 2005. Archived from the original on 28 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  6. "Mother Rekha Kumari-Baker sentenced to 33 years for murders of children". The Daily Telegraph. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  7. "Mark Mosley sentenced to 30 years behind bars for murder of fellow traveller Jessie Smith". Cambridge News. 9 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-12. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  8. Thomas, Josh (2018-01-12). "Recap: James Cromwell murderer Abdul K Ali is sentenced". cambridgenews. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  9. Thomas, Josh (2018-01-12). "James Cromwell murder accused: 'I was in bed sick the night of the attack'". cambridgenews. Retrieved 2018-01-12.

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