Tag Archives: Croydon Magistrates Court

Courtroom drama in 1892: ‘An Infuriated Bear Shot in Croydon’

Posted on June 8, 2025 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The closest we get to performing bears in Croydon these days is seeing Paddington on the big screen. DAVID MORGAN goes back more than 130 years to the weekend when a bear was in the dock, and would … Continue reading →

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Read all about it! Croydon’s streets of crime from 100 years ago

Posted on March 9, 2025 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: In the Roaring Twenties, the local paper was filled with reports from the magistrates court of armed crime, drunkenness and ‘inexplicable frivolity’, as DAVID MORGAN delves into the archives for more of the events of March 1925 The … Continue reading →

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Thornton Heath man found guilty of animal cruelty to pet dog

Posted on March 6, 2025 by insidecroydon

A man from Thornton Heath was given a suspended jail sentence and banned from keeping animals for 10 years after being convicted under the Animal Welfare Act after a prosecution brought by the RSPCA. An XL bully called Raynor was … Continue reading →

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Volunteers wanted to make sure justice is seen to be done

Posted on June 27, 2023 by insidecroydon

A public-interest charity is recruiting volunteers to become the eyes and ears of their community in Croydon’s courts. Every courtroom has a public gallery but that usually houses only witnesses and friends and family of the defendants. Now Transform Justice … Continue reading →

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