Editing Old Bailey (section)

==In popular culture==
The Old Bailey has been mentioned and featured in numerous fictional works including film, video games and literature. Notable examples include ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' and its [[V for Vendetta (film)|film adaptation]], in which the [[V (character)|title character]] demolishes it to gain the public's attention,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filming Locations for V For Vendetta (2005), in London and Berlin. |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/v/V-For-Vendetta.php |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations}}</ref> and ''[[Justice League (film)|Justice League]]'' and its [[Zack Snyder's Justice League|director's cut]], in which [[Diana Prince (DC Extended Universe)|Wonder Woman]] foils a terrorist bomb plot.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filming Locations for DC Comics' Justice League (2017), in Iceland, the UK, Latvia, Greece, and Chicago. |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/j/Justice-League-film-locations.php |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations}}</ref> In [[Agatha Christie]]'s play, ''[[Witness for the Prosecution (play)|Witness for the Prosecution]]'', the murder trial of Leonard Vole is held at the Old Bailey.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Christie |first1=Agatha |title=Witness for the Prosecution |date=1953 |page=3 |url=https://archive.org/details/witnessforprosec0000chri_s2d6/page/n3/mode/2up?q=bailey}}</ref> It is also a central location in ''[[The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures]]'' and its sequel ''[[The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve]]'', where many of the trials in the games' plot take place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures - Episode 4 Part 3 Guide|url=https://www.neoseeker.com/great-ace-attorney-chronicles/walkthrough/Episode_4_pt3 |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=NeoSeeker|date=19 August 2021 }}</ref> ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister [[John Mortimer]], in which Horace Rumpole, an elderly London barrister, defends a broad variety of clients, often underdogs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir John Mortimer: QC who took on liberal causes but found most fame as the creator of the fictional barrister Rumpole |author=Daily Telegraph Obituaries |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4269779/Sir-John-Mortimer-Writer-by-choice-lawyer-at-his-fathers-behest.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=16 January 2009 |access-date=6 September 2012}}</ref> In ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'', upon defeating the police, the pirates declare that "No pirate band will take its stand / At the Central Criminal Court."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songlyrics.com/the-pirates-of-penzance/finale-lyrics/|title=The Pirates of Penzance|publisher=Song Lyrics|access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>