Bluewater the 'ideal place' for courtrooms
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Bluewater is the perfect place to hold court cases,
according to magistrates debating a reshuffle in the justice
system.
Fines could be handed out opposite footwear and docks installed
next to the deli if plans to move criminal and civil courts to
shopping centres are given the seal of approval.
The deputy chairman of the Magistrates' Association, John
Fassenfelt, said: "Bluewater is the best example where the idea
could work. You would have to have a large shopping centre because
they, I hate to say this, generate the crime."
The idea of replacing checkouts with courts is one being
considered by magistrates, not least because, they say, it would
save money by making use of empty retail units.
Bluewater said it was aware of the idea.
The Magistrates' Association will put all of its suggestions on
the future of courts to the Ministry of Justice before the
consultation on the closures ends on September 15.
For the full story see this week's Gravesend
Messenger.
Thursday, September 02 2010
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