By Josh Mellor2021-01-19T11:35:00+00:00
A recently sold purpose-built London courthouse is being hired out as a set to film legal scenes for a Netflix series at a time when the justice system faces a crisis of backlogged jury trials waiting to be heard.
Closed in December 2019, the former Blackfriars Crown Court site is awaiting redevelopment and has been hired out for filming and photography for the last nine months by its new owner. Despite trials being listed as far away as 2022 due to lack of space, television production company Top Boy used the purpose built, 28-year-old building to film courtroom scenes last week.