VIII. Complete the sentences with the words in the box and answer the questions after the article.

heard;	conviction;	found guilty;
prosecuting;	a juvenile court;	sentence.

TV RAID COPYCAT

A masked schoolboy held up a Chinese takeaway to copy raiders on television's Crimewatch UK, a court _______yesterday. 'I just wanted to be chased like the villain on the telly,' said the 13-year-old.

Nicholas Gareth Jones,_________ said the youngster terrified the takeaway staff with a fake gun. The boy, of Rumney, South Glamorgan, was ________ of attempted robbery by________.. Yesterday he appealed against the_________ at Cardiff Crown Court. 'I told the woman it was just a toy gun,' he said. 'I wouldn't have taken any money.' But Judge John Rutter increased his ________from 12 to 24 hours at an attendance centre.

1. What is а copycat crime?

2. Why did the judge give such а sentence? What’s your opinion?

IX. Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Comment on the case.

reveal;	relevant act;	ordered;	administration
leaked;	applied to;	contempt;	to check.

There's a trade magazine, a magazine which just circulates in the particular industry called ‘The Engineer’. And a young reporter on 'The Engineer’ discovered that an engineering company was in financial difficulties and he discovered this because someone had _________him a document. He rang up the company as any good journalist should, in order __________whether this story was true, and the company immediately_________ а court make them reveal the source. The judge said that he must _________ it and the reasoning was this, that it is true that the _________, which is called the _________of Court Act, says that journalists do not have to reveal their sources unless it is necessary that they should do so for the ________ of justice. Well that covers every case and this miserable reporter was therefore ________ by the court to reveal his source - now that couldn't happen in any other western European Country.

X. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions.

up; at(3); to(8); on(3); of(5); in; for(5); from.

1. Before the Civil Procedure Rules, it was largely __ __ the parties, and their legal advisers, to progress the case __ their own pace, to decide what issues they wanted to have heard and to call whatever evidence they wished __ the trial.

2. Now courts must restrict expert evidence __ what is reasonably required to decide the case, they can order that instead of each party having its own expert, а single ‘joint expert’ can investigate and report __ a technical problem __ behalf of all parties.

3. If а defendant does not reply__ the claim, the claimant may obtain а default judgment – and the court will award judgment in his favour without the need __ going to trial.

4. In cases of defamation jury trials have acquired а bad reputation as they have to decide how much money should be awarded as compensation __ the defamation. Jurors have no experience__ this area, and __ time __ time have made some extraordinarily high awards.

5. Civil litigation had become very expensive, with the costs __ going to court being far too high and out of proportion __ the amount __ stake in the case.

6. A person may be sued __ damages if he commits a trespass __ someone else’s land or goods or body.

7. The tort __ defamation concerns damage __ reputation.

8. If someone assaults you, you will have a claim __ trespass __ the person.

9. The original owner of property creates a legally binding trust, giving the property __ trust to another person __ the benefit of a third person.

10. If a person deliberately disobeys any court order he will be guilty __ a contempt __ court and the punishment __ it is a fine or committal to prison.