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Lucy V. Bail Case
Affaf Noor Saidi

1. Consider arguments for and against granting bail to each of the following defendants.

* Lucy, aged 22, has been charged with dealing heroin. She was caught with a large amount of the drug in the back of her car. She lives with her parents and has worked as an office assistant for the same employer since leaving school at the age of 16.

Bail is when a person is granted temporary freedom provided the person promises to appear at court on a fixed date and pay a certain sum, a surety if the promise is broken. The granting of bail may be conditional upon the accused appearance at the police station at given times before the trial. Section 38 of the Police And Criminal Evidence Act 1984 provides that when a person arrested otherwise than under a warrant endorsed for police bail is charged with an offence, the custody officer must order his release from police detention either on bail or without unless the suspect’s name and address
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Assuming that the Magistrates did feel that bail could be granted to Lucy, Barry and Shirley, suggest suitable bail conditions for each of them

If Lucy were to be granted bail, I think the suitable bail conditions that must be given to Lucy is that the Magistrates must impose a curfew on her so that she can prove where she is at certain times. Other than that, she must be told to maintain her job so that she would not have any other new contact with people outside of her working place. The Magistrate must also tell her to surrender her passport to make sure that she will not flee the country. On top of that, she must turn up at designated times at the police station to report her presence, so that the police is aware of her following her bail orders.

Barry on the other hand, must have his girlfriend stand as a surety, and make sure that he will not commit further shoplifting or similar offences whilst on bail. He must also surrender his passport to make sure he does not flee the

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