Bad News & Good News

Ben Blaney wrote

Give it to me then and I will look after it like it was Bonwicks.

 

thats the day I get paid with my bonus. I'm not around the Saturday
after and I'm not waiting almost two weeks more.

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Adie - capable of leading darsy astray
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They would have rolled over and taken the plea and you`d have saved
the money.

 

While accepting your far greater experience and knowledge how can you be
so certain that this is what would have happened? If the CPS were going
to roll over why proceed with the prosecution in the first place?

It seems farcical to me to waste the time and effort or is it simply a
game to see who will dare challenge the charge and assuming most people
don't then the criminal justice system just accrues more points and more
cash? If this is the case then there is something seriously wrong IMO.

 

Paul Corfield wrote

Ding fucking dong, as they say.

 

That's it, basically.
Cunts, the lot of them.

--

Dave

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but a solicitor would have cost more than the fine.

 

Because in many cases the victims just accept it, like what happened
here. In the event of a not-guilty plea, the CPS will look at the
effort and possible gain from proceeding. In the event that they're
putting their hands up to the lesser charge, it's not unlikely the CPS
might have said, "sod it, there's no point in going for the WDC as
well, it'd be too much hassle to proceed with."

*Ding*dong* dingly*ding*

 

Can I just say that I told them this way up there ^^^. Obviously I *am* just
a know nothing **** rather than someone who has wriggled out of some much
much tighter corners (but I have been schooled by proper expensive experts).
That JP broadly confirms the strategy is good because I'm assured by them
wot know he's the definitive reference.
I reckon that Adie and darcy are very gentle law abiding folk IRL though and
didn't want to get into a scrap, which is a fair call if it suits them and
they got off reasonably lightly as it transpired. Insurance may take a hit
though.

 

Any joy with those other supply links which were posted?

 

That is what I'm not too keen on with our justice system. There
appears to be a penalty associated with (perfectly reasonably)
defending your own corner. You seem to have to go in submissive
and let them make their deliberations accordingly.
Any attempt to defend yourself or to tell them your genuine
feelings on the subject result in 'nastiness'. So much for a
legal system based on truth and honesty.

--
Alex
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Windy's "little soldier"

 

At least you're given the chance to argue it there though. In many
countries traffic offences are almost always dealt with by the
policeman on the spot, and I'm not sure if you have any right to
appeal. I got done by frogplod a year or two back for speeding and
dangerous driving (overtaking on a white line) and wasn't given any
option but to pay up on the spot.

 

Did you try kneeling down?

 

There were two of them, so I'd have had to be on all-fours...

 

Well it's such a hassle getting leather jeans down anyway and they would
probably have tasted of garlic.

 

Because the vast majority of people will do just what happened in this
case. Its the whole reason behind plea bargaining.

I didnt say it was right - just that its what happens

 

They would still have accepted it without a solicitor. To be fair
though it was only a wdc charge rather than a dangerous driving one -
which would have had far more dire consequences of you had pleaded
guilty.

 

yep. deposit put down and one on its way from the factory.

deal agreed for high level carbon can, alarm, datatag and trade in.

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Adie - capable of leading darsy astray.
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When?

 

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