A procedure where the youth or adult magistrates’ court can send a defendant to be sentenced by a Crown Court. The Crown Court has greater sentencing powers.
The youth court has the power to commit (send) a child to the crown court to be sentenced even after a trial. The youth court only has this power when a child is charged with a serious offence (a grave crime) and they decide the child should receive a longer term custodial sentence of more than 2 years.
The youth court can sentence a child to a maximum 24 month detention and training order. The crown court can sentence children who are convicted of grave crimes to section 91 longer term detention.