Old Boy
master brummie
I agree, handing it over as a 'leisure' development would be a crying shame. The law acadamy is the prefered idea, trouble is the place is extremely expensive to operate (around 4mil per year).
As it stands though, it is going to remain as Court of law. It's possible the Crown court could move back in. Either way, there needs to be quite a bit spent on doing up the cells as they are not upto standard!
Hi All,
Why should the Crown Court move back in? They are in a building that is only a few years old and was purpose built? As for the cells they are only hollding cells. When prisoners who have been kept in custody either at Steelhouse Lane Police Station or Winson Green Prison are due to appear in court they are taken from Steelhouse Lane Police Station through an underground passage to the area under the Viictoria Law Courts. They then wait in the holding cells until their case is called. They are only there for a few hours at the most,
As for the courts themselves they have been allowed to deteriorate. They used to be the responsibility of the police. A Chief Inspector lived on the premises in a flat with his family and acted as curator. He saw to it that everything was maintained as it should be. Nowadays no one seems to have the responsibilty to ensure that everything is clean and kept in good repair. Hence, the courts are gradually disintegrating.
Old Boy
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