> I'll be honest; I genuinely don't know how many times I would expect someone to have handcuffs attached and released in such circumstances. Is eleven times a lot? The Guardian doesn't actually express whether this is excessive or lenient.

1. Moved from prison cell to holding cell at prison for transport.

2. Moved from holding cell into transport.

3. Moved from transport into court holding cell.

4. Moved from court holding cell into court.

And reverse equals at least 8. Add in a pretrial meeting with lawyer, and I can see 10 times in a day at court happening, entirely.