300-year-old court closes

One of London oldest courts, Bow Street Court, will close down its doors on Friday. One on of my London Walks a couple of weeks ago the guide actually talked about this. And this the Bow Street Police Station is already closed down it’s no surprise the court is closing its door now.

Oscar Wilde, General Augusto Pinochet and the Kray brothers have one thing in common - they have all appeared at London's Bow Street Magistrates Court. But on Friday the flow of drunks, murderers, master criminals and political refugees through the wood-panelled court comes to an end as it closes its doors forever.

Nestling behind the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, Bow Street will no longer have a court after almost 300 years as the building has been sold to a hotel group and the court's business transferred to another central London court.