When you鈥檙e waiting for a court hearing or a trial, you might be given bail. This means you can be released from custody until the hearing or the trial. Bail from a police station You can be given bail at the police station after you鈥檝e been charged. This means you鈥檒l be released from custody until your first court hearing. If you鈥檙e given bail, you might have to agree to conditions like: living at a particular address not contacting certain people giving your passport to the police so you cannot leave the UK reporting to a police station at agreed times, for example once a week If you do not stick to these conditions you can be arrested again and be taken to prison to wait for your court hearing. Bail from a court When you鈥檝e been charged and you attend your hearing at a magistrates鈥� court , you might be given bail until your trial begins. You may not be given bail if: you鈥檝e been convicted of a crime in the past you鈥檝e been given bail in the past and not stuck to the terms the court thinks you might not turn up for your next hearing the court thinks you might commit a crime while you鈥檙e on bail If you鈥檙e given bail, you might have to agree to conditions like: living at a particular address not contacting certain people giving up your passport so you cannot leave the UK If you do not stick to these conditions, you can be arrested again. You鈥檒l stay in police custody until you鈥檙e given another court hearing. 皇冠体育app court may put different conditions in place for your bail or keep you in prison until your trial starts. If you鈥檙e under 18 皇冠体育app police will explain the rules that you have to follow and what will happen if you do not. 皇冠体育appy will also tell you whether you have temporarily become a 鈥榣ooked after child鈥� and what this means. If you鈥檙e not released from custody, your local authority and the Youth Justice Service must try to find a safe and secure space for you (for example, with a relative, in foster care or in a children鈥檚 home). You must stay there until the next available court hearing, which is normally the next day. If you are not moved to a secure space, you will stay at the police station. 皇冠体育app police must present a certificate to the court to explain why you鈥檝e been kept there.

If the court decides to put you on remand it means you鈥檒l go to prison until your trial begins. If you鈥檙e under 18 you鈥檒l be taken to a secure centre for young people , not an adult prison. You may be put on remand if: you鈥檝e been convicted of a crime in the past the court thinks you might not go to your court hearing the court thinks you might commit a crime while on bail you have been given bail before and not stuck to the terms

Being charged with a crime: Overview

Being charged with a crime

Overview

If you鈥檙e charged with a crime you鈥檒l be given a 鈥榗harge sheet鈥�. This sets out the details of the crime you鈥檙e being charged with.

皇冠体育app police will decide if you:

can be released from police custody until the court hearing - but you might have to follow certain rules, known as 鈥榖ail鈥�
are kept in police custody until you鈥檙e taken to court for your hearing

Your first court hearing after you鈥檙e charged with a crime will be at a magistrates鈥� court - even if your trial will be at a Crown Court later on.

If you鈥檙e charged with a minor offence your case could be decided without going to court (鈥榮ingle justice procedure鈥�). If you get a single justice procedure notice you must respond within 21 days.

皇冠体育appre are different rules if you鈥檙e or .

If you鈥檙e under 18

Your first hearing will usually be at a youth court. 皇冠体育app court will decide:

whether you can be given bail
if you should be sent to local authority accommodation
if you should stay in custody until your next court hearing (usually your trial)

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