In Court Today
Discussion
A friend of mine and his 16 yr old son were in the magistrates court today charged with assault, they had an altercation with some scrotes who damaged his wifes car (on their driveway) I must admit knowing him he proberbly did go a bit over the top with the 4 X 2 (
) but anyway he asked me to attend as "responsible adult" for his son (legal requirement apparantly?) the crown offered no evidence and the case was dismissed, I was awarded £50 expenses by the magistrate... result. 
) but anyway he asked me to attend as "responsible adult" for his son (legal requirement apparantly?) the crown offered no evidence and the case was dismissed, I was awarded £50 expenses by the magistrate... result. 
ing w*nkers!
mondeoman said:
Hang on a min? So they had no case, they knew they had no case, but still they pushed on with it and took it all the way to court, wasting everybodies time and OUR money??
That's perfectly normal - my unsigned speeding case went all the way to court and was dropped right at the start of the trial on the basis that there was no way the CPS could prosecute since they had no evidence. They'd known that for 8 friggin' months, so why drag me to court?
Even worse (for the taxpayer), I was represented and therefore was awarded costs of over £800. Good news for me, bad news for everyone else.
Disorganised, unprofessional, couldn't-tell-their-arse-from-their-elbow doesn't even begin to describe it...
Quite common for both sides as I understand it. The prosecution will do it to see if they can get a change to a guilty plea, the defendant will say "not guilty" right up to the case starting to see if it will either get dropped or a lesser charge substituted.
In the kidnapping case I was involved with, the scrote said "not guilty" right up to the point where the trial date was being set (despite masses of evidence) because he wanted the CPS to drop the kidnapping charge (in return he was prepared to plead guilty to attempted theft, dangerous driving and assault). Fortunately the CPS refused to budge, and in the end he plead guilty (and got four years).
Sheepy
In the kidnapping case I was involved with, the scrote said "not guilty" right up to the point where the trial date was being set (despite masses of evidence) because he wanted the CPS to drop the kidnapping charge (in return he was prepared to plead guilty to attempted theft, dangerous driving and assault). Fortunately the CPS refused to budge, and in the end he plead guilty (and got four years).
Sheepy
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