Wolverhampton Crown Court evacuated amid fire alarm
Dozens of people could be seen standing in the rain outside the court building.
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Wolverhampton Crown Court staff were alerted to leave the building on Wednesday afternoon leading to the delay of a number of trials.
Jurors, judges and court staff were all advised to leave the building at around 12 noon after a fire alarm was sounded inside the building.
The alert was sounded just as jurors were due to sit for the Parminder Singh and Hardeb Singh trial, with trial judge Simon Ward saying: "I think we had better leave."
Responding to the alert Judge Ward said: "I'm not aware of any planned alert. I think we had all better leave."
There is no response as of yet as to the cause of the alarm, however, members of staff standing outside the building said that they 'hurried out' as soon as they heard the alarm and that it 'takes around 45 minutes' to be allowed back in.
The cause of the fire alarm is as of yet unknown.
Wolverhampton Crown Court has been approached for comment.
WMFS said: "Crews were stood down as we believe it was a false alarm."
