Winchester Crown Court
SCORES of barristers, defendents and legal workers were evacuated following a fire alarm at a Hampshire court ths morning.
Some of the county's most senior judges were gathered at the top of the steps outside Winchester Crown Court following the emergency alarm that was acitivated around 9.30am.
People were allowed back in at 9.45am after it had been discovered that it was a false alarm.
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