Court results put on Twitter by West Midlands Police

Results from cases heard at Birmingham Magistrates' Court have been put on Twitter by West Midlands Police.

Ch Supt Stephen Anderson said there had been a decline in court reporting in recent years.
He said the initiative was designed to make the public more aware of the cases police dealt with.
The force sent its own staff into court for a morning on Tuesday to cover the cases and post them online minutes after they had concluded.
It said the updates on the micro-blogging site were the first ever "tweet-a-thon" from a justice centre.
The tweets from the Grade I-listed Victorian courthouse were posted on Tuesday morning.
Police said they had received a "really positive" response from the public.
Their final tweet from court was: "Morning court session finished, hope today's court tweeting has been interesting. Watch this space for more court tweeting soon."
Among the first cases the force tweeted about were a woman accused of stealing flour and cucumber from a shop and a 58-year-old man who admitted a charge of drinking and driving.

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