Witness citation
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My OH has just received a citation to attend court as a witness in July 2 days before our wedding.
It’s for something that happened at her work - probably a theft - she works in a supermarket.
She’s phoned them up to explain and was told tough, we can give you the day of your wedding off as an excuse, but nothing before hand.
Surely there’s a bit of leeway, weddings don’t just happen and I can imagine it’ll be busy a few days before hand ensuring everything is ready to go.
It’s for something that happened at her work - probably a theft - she works in a supermarket.
She’s phoned them up to explain and was told tough, we can give you the day of your wedding off as an excuse, but nothing before hand.
Surely there’s a bit of leeway, weddings don’t just happen and I can imagine it’ll be busy a few days before hand ensuring everything is ready to go.
Edited by BMR on Monday 12th April 10:49
BMR said:
My OH has just received a citation to attend court as a witness in July 2 days before our wedding.
It’s for something that happened at her work - probably a theft - she works in a supermarket.
She’s phoned them up to explain and was told tough, we can give you the day of your wedding off as an excuse, but nothing before hand.
Surely there’s a bit of leeway, weddings don’t just happen and I can imagine it’ll be busy a few days before hand ensuring everything is ready to go.
You need to explain what you’re on about.It’s for something that happened at her work - probably a theft - she works in a supermarket.
She’s phoned them up to explain and was told tough, we can give you the day of your wedding off as an excuse, but nothing before hand.
Surely there’s a bit of leeway, weddings don’t just happen and I can imagine it’ll be busy a few days before hand ensuring everything is ready to go.
It sounds like your OH has just phoned up her work to ask for time off for your wedding but has only been given one day off. What did she have to explain? Why didn’t she ask for time off sooner for your wedding? And what’s the court case got to do with this?
Edited by CarlosFandango11 on Monday 12th April 10:42
Sorry I thought I did
Someone has stolen from her work
Police have been called. Taken details. She’s a witness.
We have our holidays booked for our wedding.
Today she has received a citation to attend court as a witness. Two days before our wedding
She phoned the court to be told tough. You must attend.
She has to email them to explain about our wedding day. That can be excused
My point is can’t there be a bit of leeway regarding the days before.
Last thing we need is her tied up for the days before the wedding.
Someone has stolen from her work
Police have been called. Taken details. She’s a witness.
We have our holidays booked for our wedding.
Today she has received a citation to attend court as a witness. Two days before our wedding
She phoned the court to be told tough. You must attend.
She has to email them to explain about our wedding day. That can be excused
My point is can’t there be a bit of leeway regarding the days before.
Last thing we need is her tied up for the days before the wedding.
CarlosFandango11 said:
You need to explain what you’re on about.
It sounds like your OH has just phoned up her work to ask for time off for your wedding but has only been given one day off. What did she have to explain? Why didn’t she ask for time off sooner for your wedding? And what’s the court case got to do with this?
I would assume that the phone call was about the court date and trying to avoid attending that so close to the wedding, not trying to book annual leave......It sounds like your OH has just phoned up her work to ask for time off for your wedding but has only been given one day off. What did she have to explain? Why didn’t she ask for time off sooner for your wedding? And what’s the court case got to do with this?
Edited by CarlosFandango11 on Monday 12th April 10:42
I'm not sure what you're looking for here.
The court have said they don't deem a wedding 2 days later sufficient grounds to reschedule a trial. Doesn't seem particularly unreasonable to me.
If it's a simple shoplifting chances are she'll be in and out in an hour or two, or the defendant could plead guilty and she won't be called.
The other option is to get in touch the with the Police Officer who dealt with it and ask them to talk to the CPS about whether they would excuse her as a witness, but there's always the chance the defence might want to cross-examine her. The Police Officer could just read her statement out as evidence, if they have other evidence eg. CCTV then it may not really make any difference to the outcome of the case but if she's the only eye witness then it's understandable they would want her to attend.
The court have said they don't deem a wedding 2 days later sufficient grounds to reschedule a trial. Doesn't seem particularly unreasonable to me.
If it's a simple shoplifting chances are she'll be in and out in an hour or two, or the defendant could plead guilty and she won't be called.
The other option is to get in touch the with the Police Officer who dealt with it and ask them to talk to the CPS about whether they would excuse her as a witness, but there's always the chance the defence might want to cross-examine her. The Police Officer could just read her statement out as evidence, if they have other evidence eg. CCTV then it may not really make any difference to the outcome of the case but if she's the only eye witness then it's understandable they would want her to attend.
quinny100 said:
If it's a simple shoplifting chances are she'll be in and out in an hour or two
From the one time I attended court (about 3 years ago) I doubt that.More likely, she'll be told to attend the court from first thing in the morning, and the case might be heard first thing, or it might be heard much later in the day.
Unlike others on here, I completely understand that your OH doesn't want to attend court 2 days before your big day. I recently got married and it's the last thing I would have wanted to do, let alone my wife. Our wedding was planned a few years in advance but there was lots to do in the few days leading up to the wedding. Unfortunate. I hope you have a lovely wedding.
Her employer may not be too happy if she doesn't show up.
When I have been a witness in criminal cases I have always been asked to tell them dates I wasn't available some time in advance of the case (both motoring and large fraud/theft trial) - Was she asked and did she respond? Did she just give them the wedding/holiday dates? If so what did she expect?
When I have been a witness in criminal cases I have always been asked to tell them dates I wasn't available some time in advance of the case (both motoring and large fraud/theft trial) - Was she asked and did she respond? Did she just give them the wedding/holiday dates? If so what did she expect?
IJWS15 said:
Her employer may not be too happy if she doesn't show up.
When I have been a witness in criminal cases I have always been asked to tell them dates I wasn't available some time in advance of the case (both motoring and large fraud/theft trial) - Was she asked and did she respond? Did she just give them the wedding/holiday dates? If so what did she expect?
The OP has not even mentioned the employer, what's that got to do with it?When I have been a witness in criminal cases I have always been asked to tell them dates I wasn't available some time in advance of the case (both motoring and large fraud/theft trial) - Was she asked and did she respond? Did she just give them the wedding/holiday dates? If so what did she expect?
BopoWarls said:
Unlike others on here, I completely understand that your OH doesn't want to attend court 2 days before your big day. I recently got married and it's the last thing I would have wanted to do, let alone my wife. Our wedding was planned a few years in advance but there was lots to do in the few days leading up to the wedding. Unfortunate. I hope you have a lovely wedding.
I would agree. I'm not married but have been involved in enough weddings to know the lead up can be very busy/stressful. martinbiz said:
IJWS15 said:
Her employer may not be too happy if she doesn't show up.
When I have been a witness in criminal cases I have always been asked to tell them dates I wasn't available some time in advance of the case (both motoring and large fraud/theft trial) - Was she asked and did she respond? Did she just give them the wedding/holiday dates? If so what did she expect?
The OP has not even mentioned the employer, what's that got to do with it?When I have been a witness in criminal cases I have always been asked to tell them dates I wasn't available some time in advance of the case (both motoring and large fraud/theft trial) - Was she asked and did she respond? Did she just give them the wedding/holiday dates? If so what did she expect?
The courts aren't going to be bothered she is getting married two days later to be blunt about it. It is possible the defence are calling her as a witness because it is a common defence tactic to call all the witnesses and wait to see if they attend court before entering a guilty plea.
As someone above said though if she doesn't attend and the Judge is having a bad day they may issue a warrant for her arrest, you don't want that to happen.
As someone above said though if she doesn't attend and the Judge is having a bad day they may issue a warrant for her arrest, you don't want that to happen.
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