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Ben Oliver, 25, was acquitted of murder but had admitted the manslaughter of 74-year-old David Oliver in Mottingham, south London, on January 19 last year

The Ministry of Justice has said the sentencing remarks of judges at crown courts in England and Wales will be broadcast for the first time in a century

Judge Sarah Munro QC is expected to be filmed as she passes sentence on Ben Oliver for the manslaughter of his grandfather - with the footage broadcast on news channels and made available online through Sky News, BBC, ITN and the PA news agency

Viewers can watch a judge as she sentences a man for the manslaughter of his grandfather

"With the advance of technology it’s overdue — it should have been available for TV"

The first televised Crown Court sentencing hearing in history is set to take place on Thursday as cameras are allowed back into the criminal courts for the first time in almost a century.

Judge Sarah Munro QC is expected to be filmed as she passes sentence on Ben Oliver for the manslaughter of his grandfather.

"I can't write to United Utilities and say - I might be able to pay you in about two years' time"

"We became barristers because we believe in justice. Our system exists to ensure that the guilty are punished and that the innocent are acquitted"

PC Gareth Walker was dismissed without notice at a misconduct hearing

When I was a schoolboy, there was nothing I enjoyed more than exaggerating a mild sniffle, sloping off school and settling down to another riveting episode of the fictional daytime Granada TV trial, Crown Court. It taught me the thrill and jeopardy of a courtroom drama early. Let’s call it…