The actress mother of Musketeer hunk Tom Burke has landed a swashbuckling roll...at Canterbury Crown Court!

Anna Calder-Marshall is to play Mrs Bear in a mock trial during the court’s Open Day on Saturday.

On trial - in front of Judge Adele Williams - will be Goldilocks who is accused of burgling the home of Mr and Mrs Bear.

Anna – who has appeared on stage, TV and in films including Anna Karenina, Zulu Dawn and Poirot – will be giving evidence in court six and be questioned by real-life barristers.

And now families and schools are invited to make up the juries for the three mock trials – with other defendants including Harry Potter’s nemesis Malfoy and Shakespeare’s Romeo Montague.

The day begins at 10am, when Judge Williams and the High Sheriff of Kent, Kathrin Smallwood, will perform the official opening.

Parents and youngsters planning on a career in the law will also be able to talk to lawyers, judges, court staff and members of the Crown Prosecution Service and the Probation Service.

There will also be an opportunity to visit the cells for a glimpse of what happens to those who break the law.

Later, visitors will have the chance to be a judge for the day and decide sentence on a number of law-breakers.

One of the hearings will tackle the serious subject of domestic abuse in the context of an attempted murder case.

The programme

10am: Opening remarks
10.15am: R v Goldilocks, court six
10.15am: R v Romeo, court four
11am: R v Malfoy, court five
11.30am: Appeals from magistrates, court seven
11.30am: 12.30pm: You Be The Judge, court six
12pm: Civil or family cases, court three