Chapter 10 Self-test questions

The age of criminality in England and Wales is __. [Please write the number as a word.]

Can a media report of a youth court trial, published when it ends, legally identify a school as being the one which the 15-year-old defendant attends? Assume that the court made no order affecting reporting.

Yes, provided that naming the school does not identify the defendant

No

Yes, if he/she allegedly committed the offence at the school.

No, unless the school's head gives written permission

The Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 amended the law to give youth courts a power to permit the media to identify a convicted defendant in reports of the case. By what criterion must a youth court decide whether the media should be permitted to do this?

The court must be satisfied this 'would not substantially harm a juvenile's welfare''

The court must be satisfied this is 'in the interests of justice'

The court must be satisfied this is 'reasonable and just'

The court must be satisfied this is 'in the public interest'

A juvenile defendant is granted anonymity by a court order made under section 39 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933. If the order is not subsequently lifted by a court, when does this anonymity expire?

When he/she reaches the age of 21

When, after all proceedings in the case end, any period for an appeal to be made expires

When he/she reaches the age of 18

At the end of this defendant's life