More serious crimes requiring a more severe sentence will still be tried in the borough's central criminal court.

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's U.K. newspaper unit appeared in London's central criminal court on two separate matters, but their cases were adjourned to a later date.

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Iraq's Central Criminal Court sentenced al-Zaidi to three years in March after he was found guilty of assaulting a foreign head of state on an official visit to Iraq.

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