what is an indictable offence?

Answer 1

The correct answer as mentioned is: - An indictable offence is one that can be heard at a crown court

The act of a magistrate sending a case to be heard at crown court - Is called issuing an indictment

There are 3 types of offences - (Listed from most minor to most serious)

Summery only - Such as Minor assaults, "TWOC"ing a car, and most driving offences - These can only be heard at Magistrates court

Either way offences - Such as theft, criminal damage and ABH
These can be heard either at magistrates court of crown court (This all depends on a number of factors, such as the seriousness of the offences, the previous convictions of the suspect)

Indictable only offences - Such as murder, rape & manslaughter
These can only be heard at crown court

There are other more complicated issues but I hope this answers your question

Answer 2

Indictable Offence

Answer 3

indictable offence
An offence that may be tried on indictment, i.e. by jury in the Crown Court. Most serious common-law offences are indictable (e.g. murder, rape) and many are created by statute. When statute creates an offence without specifying how it is to be tried, it is automatically an indictable offence. An attempt to commit an indictable offence is itself an indictable offence; the same is not true for a summary offence. Some indictable offences, if not very serious, may be tried either by magistrates or on indictment (see offences triable either way).
(From A Dictionary of Law)

Answer 4

Indictable only offences cannot be dealt with at the magistrates' court . Such offences are sent to the Crown Court for trial.

Indictable offences are distinct from summary only offences and Triable-either-way offences.

Under s.51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 an adult charged with a indictable only offence is sent forthwith to the Crown Court

Indictable only offences are those that are serious offences that are listed under schedule 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. these include murder, rape and serious offences against children.

Answer 5

You should first understand the basics of what an indictment is. It's just an alternative way of bringing charges against someone for a crime they are suspected of committing. The customary way of doing this is when a prosecutor reviews reports submitted to them by a police agency, then he writes up a complaint, files it with the court, a warrant is isssued, the defendant is arrested, and the case is now before the court.

An indictment does all the same but it results from a (held in secret) grand jury hearing of the evidence, and if the jury decides enough evidence exists to charge someone, a warrant is issued and we go through the same process as the previos example.

Grand juries and indictments are used for certain crimes, like maybe child molestation or political corruption, etc, where the desire is to get testimony from victims and witnesses without it being in 'open' court.

Answer 6

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what is an indictable offence?

Answer 7

the above stuff is mostly correct, indictiable basically means tried at crown court.

however it doesn't mean arrestable anymore. it used to be the case that police officers could only arrest (with exceptions) for indictable offences. but the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 changed all that and made every offence arrestable providing you can meet a necessity test (to determine whether arrest is completely necessary, or whether you could just summons the person straight to court)

Answer 8

Indictable offences are cases where they are so serious only crown courts can deal with them. A defendant is charged to the magistrates court who will then "send" the case to the crown court without taking any pleas. The magistrates can hear applications relating to bail only. Magistrates courts deal with summary offences and either way offences. Crown courts deal with either way offences and indicatable cases

Answer 9

An offence that you commit and can be indictabled for it.

Answer 10

It is an offence for which you can be brought before a criminal court.