Jack Beecham pleads guilty to harassment without violence at Wirral Magistrates Court

Jack Beecham pleads guilty to harrassment without violence at Wirral Magistrates Court

Jack Beecham pleads guilty to harassment without violence at Wirral Magistrates Court

                                                                

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By John Brace (Editor)
Date Written: 6th July 2023 07:21 (BST)
First publication date: 12th December 2023, 13:02 (GMT)

Although this blog has previously published pieces on two judicial hearings at the Liverpool Crown Court in November 2022, under the headlines ICO accuse Jack Beecham of breaching bail conditions (24th November 2022) and Trial of Jack Beecham at Liverpool Crown Court delayed due to COVID (8th November 2022) for which he is currently (as of 6th July 2023) on bail in a case in the Liverpool Crown Court brought by ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) which is expected to go to trial later in 2023, this piece below is on a totally different (and unrelated) criminal case brought against Jack Beecham in the Wirral Magistrates’ Court.
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How hard is it for the press to receive court listings from the local Magistrates’ Court?

How hard is it for the press to receive court listings from the local Magistrates’ Court?

How hard is it for the press to receive court listings from the local Magistrates’ Court?

                                          

Wirral Magistrates ’ Court offices December 2018
Wirral Magistrates ’ Court offices December 2018

This morning, Leonora and I went to the Wirral Magistrates’ Court offices (the entrance to which is pictured above) to see how easy (or difficult) it would be to receive a copy of the cases listed for this week.

Guidance issued to HMCTS staff in October 2018 states the following:
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So what happened each month in 2017?

So what happened each month in 2017?

So what happened each month in 2017?

                                    

Cllr Phil Davies on Hoylake Golf Resort at Hoylake Community Centre 9th December 2017
Cllr Phil Davies on Hoylake Golf Resort at Hoylake Community Centre 9th December 2017

2017 was such a newsworthy year it’s hard to know where to start.

January

The year started with councillors on Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority furious over the refusal of planning permission for a new fire station in Saughall Massie.
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Former Cllr Crabtree receives 12 week suspended sentence for phone call

Former Cllr Crabtree receives 12 week suspended sentence for phone call

Former Cllr Crabtree receives 12 week suspended sentence for phone call

                                                     

Cllr Jim Crabtree (February 2016)
Cllr Jim Crabtree (February 2016)

Yesterday, former Cllr Crabtree received a suspended 12 week prison term (suspended for a year) and a restraining order for what he said during a phone call to Cllr Louise Reece-Jones last year.

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