UNITED KINGDOM
Brighton and Hove News
Posted On 03 May 2015
By : Frank le Duc
A High Court judge will decide whether a bishop who began his career in Brighton is fit to stand trial charged with indecent assault.
The case of Peter Ball, 83, a former Bishop of Lewes, was discussed at the Central Criminal Court – better known as the Old Bailey – on Friday (1 May).
Mr Justice Sweeney – Sir Nigel Sweeney – said that the trial of Ball and his fellow former Brighton priest Vickery House had been allocated to Mr Justice Wilkie, a High Court judge.
It would be up to the trial judge – Sir Alan Wilkie – to decide whether Ball was fit to stand trial.
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