Benefit fraud court appearance as witness

ceecee1

sammyjammy wrote: »

Totally agree with this, I was witness in a Crown Court case, the accused were a very rough and scary neighbor of mine and her daughter, like you I was very nervous and scared about appearing but I couldn't have lived with myself if i didn't, I needn't have worried as the exact thing happened as quoted above. As soon as their solicitor was advised all the witnesses had turned up they pled guilty.

It makes me so cross that all this Court time and money are wasted by people doing this, its apparently very common.

If I was being cynical I would also say that this tactic meant more money for the solicitor....

millie.molly.mandy

If I were you, I would ignore the email, assuming that you hadn't already contacted them, and then move it to your trash, then ensure any further emails from them also go into you trash folder.
That way you can claim that you knew nothing about it the case, things like that should have been done by letter anyway. If they do catch up with you, tell them you are away when the case comes up, but will give a written statement confirming what they want to know.
They cannot compel you to go if you don't want to.