Pupils play out courtroom drama

Children from St Hilda's pictured with district Judge James Prowse

PUPILS from St Hilda’s Primary School spent a day in the dock to learn about the consequences of crime.

Children wrote and acted out their very own mock trial at Oldham Magistrates’ Court which involved a driver jailed for crashing a speeding stolen car on Oldham Way.

It was the culmination of a project to find out more about the criminal justice process — from the Crown Prosecution Service to the youth offending team.

Marlene Armitage, Oldham’s magistrates in the community co-ordinator, said: “It is a good way to get children to understand what it is all about.

“They absolutely soak it up and it does them the power of good.”