In many common law jurisdictions (e.g. England and Wales, Ireland, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Australia, New Zealand), an indictable offence is an offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury (in contrast to a summary offence). In the Unite...
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Serious criminal offence for which higher penalties or longer terms of imprisonment may be applied (see s33 HASAWA).
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a crime that is tried in the Crown Court in front of a judge and jury
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A criminal offence triable only by the Crown Court. The different types of offence are classified 1, 2, 3 or 4. Murder is a class 1 offence
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