SWINDON'S courts will be full of schoolchildren next month. This is not, however, a bleak indictment of yob culture.

It is all part of an open day designed to boost confidence in the criminal justice system.

Mock trials staged by local schools will be held in both the Crown and Magistrates Court.

Visitors will also have the chance to have a go at fingerprinting, see inside prison vans and cells and watch mocked up identity parades.

Displays will be held to show different aspects of the crime-fighting machine.

Wiltshire's High Sheriff David Margesson will kick of proceedings at 10am on Saturday, June 11.