Going to court

Janepig

meritaten wrote: »

which does not mean he will plead guilty. be prepared he will plead NOT guilty and blame it on the others who had cautions! do NOT think that because he would accept a caution would mean he would plead guilty - his solicitor would advise against that!

Why would his solicitor advise that? If he's made full admissions at interview, and presuming he was represented at interview and had an appropriate adult, then unless perhaps he's been charged with an ABH and his solicitor feels it should be a common assault, there's no reason why he wouldn't go guilty. And sometimes defendants pursue a not guilty stance despite being advised otherwise by their solicitor.

Jxx

copier_guy

just for closure,

Defendant pleaded guilty at court during the first hearing.

Has to do work with youth offenders and my son was awarded several hundred pounds compensation

Thanks

Bloomin_Freezing2

copier_guy wrote: »

just for closure,

Defendant pleaded guilty at court during the first hearing.

Has to do work with youth offenders and my son was awarded several hundred pounds compensation

Thanks

What a nice change, glad he wasn't let off or sent on a flower arranging course as 'punishment', although is working with 'Youth Offenders' meant to some sort of punishment also? Surely he'll just be hanging around with his mates?

Gigglepig

Glad to hear that you got closure, that the defendant pleaded guilty right away rather than trying to weasel out of it, and that your son did not need to go through several rounds in court.

meritaten

glad your son didnt have to go to court!
I dont think 'young offenders' do flower arranging - The charity I used to work for had a lot of work done on the premises and gardens by young offenders doing their community service. and fair play - they worked their butts off! after a couple of weekends we were so impressed at the amount of work done and the quality of it - we used to leave them cakes and cans of pop for their breaks.
this lad now has a conviction for assault - this may impact his life in ways he never dreamed of.