Dee Valley Court

Dee Valley Court (formerly Dee Valley Crown Court) is the courthouse where residents who have been charged with committing at least one criminal act are tried. In January 2015, before the hearing for his sentencing appeal, Will Savage started a fire in one of the bathrooms. By January 2023, the building had moved to next door to Dee Valley Police Station.
The building is also home to Dee Valley Magistrates Court, where residents who have been charged with less serious offences submit pleas and/or are sentenced.
== Employees ==
=== Judges ===
Number	Judge 	Year of Appearance
 	Unnamed judge 	2011
 	Judge Tipp 	2016
 	Judge Francis Hume	2017
 	Unnamed judge 	2018
 	Penny 	2018
 	Unnamed judge 	2019
=== Barristers ===
Number	Barrister 	Year of Appearance
 	John Wharmby 	2011
 	Natalie Talbot 	2011
 	Miss Dobson 	2016
 	Janet Garner 	2017
 	Miss Harrington	2019
 	Mrs Maloney 	2019
=== Other ===
Number	Barrister 	Year of Appearance
 	Court Clerk	2011
 	Court Clerk	2016
== Court Cases ==
A list of trials conducted at the Dee Valley Crown Court.
Defendant 	Accusation 	Trial/Court date 	Verdict & Sentence 	Notes
Zoe Carpenter 	Murder of Sarah Barnes 	30th November 2009 - 3rd December 2009 	Not guilty 	
Tom Cunningham 	Assault on Esther Bloom 	17th January 2011 	Not guilty 	
Gilly Roach 	Rape of Jacqui McQueen 	28th March 2011 - 1st April 2011 	Not guilty 	
Ste Hay 	Assisted suicide of Pauline Hay 	1st October 2013 	Guilty (unknown suspended sentence) 	
Pete Buchanan 	Child grooming and sexual activity with a minor 	27th June 2016 - 29th June 2016 	Guilty (7 years imprisonment) 	
Jack Osborne 	Murder of Callum Alexander 	9th February 2017 	 	The case was dropped due to insufficient evidence.
Ste Hay 	Murder of Amy Barnes 	4th September 2017 - 8th September 2017	Not guilty 	
Buster Smith 	Sexual assault of Brody Hudson & Ollie Morgan 	7th January 2019 - 11th January 2019 	Guilty (Charge 2; 6 years imprisonment) 	Buster was acquitted of sexually assaulting Brody after Damon Kinsella was caught lying on the stand.
Laurie Shelby 	Attempted rape of Diane Hutchinson 	6th August 2019 	Guilty (4 years imprisonment) 	Laurie pleaded guilty in the hopes that he would get a reduced sentence.
Damon Kinsella 	Fraud 	26th September 2019 	Guilty (6 months imprisonment) 	Damon pleaded guilty on the advice of his solicitor.
Bobby Costello 	Murder of Silas Blissett and attempted murder of DeMarcus Westwood	26th January 2023 	Guilty (12 years imprisonment (minimum); murder)Guilty (9 years imprisonment (minimum); attempted murder)(Concurrent)	Bobby pleaded guilty to both charges. He later confessed to killing Verity Hutchinson, but his subsequent sentence has not yet been revealed.
Romeo Nightingale	Manslaughter of Rayne Royce 	24th January 2024 	Guilty (unknown sentence) 	Romeo pleaded guilty to the crime.
== See Also ==
* List of Trials
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