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Headline : Daily life
Caption : Winchester Law Courts. Winchester Combined Court Centre is a law court in Winchester, Hampshire, England built in the mid 1970s, and was formally opened in 1974 by the then Lord Chancellor, Lord Hailsham. It is operated by HM Courts & Tribunals Service and houses the Winchester Crown Court, a first tier Crown Court at which High Court Judges preside in both criminal and civil trials. Among the most high-profile cases to be heard there are that of Rosemary West murder trial in 1995, The adjacent Great Hall of Winchester Castle was the location of the trial of six members of the Provisional IRA, who were convicted in 1973 (before the Centre was formally opened) for causing the Old Bailey bombing that March., Credit:Geoffrey Swaine / Avalon
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