Wasting Police time

[Rocky86]

Hi, Can someone tell me I had a case against me for wasting police time during my mental sickness time? How much time Prosecutor Fisical have to take to the court as it been registered 4 months back but I didn't receive any correspondence regarding that I am American living in Scotland

[lgfa92]

You need to contact the Procurator or the court to see what's happening with the case.

[Rocky86]

lgfa92 Can prosecutor hold case more than 6 months and how much maximum time they can hold it and can I request the prosecutor to drop charges or fine me for same. Can lawyer help me to squash it.

[lgfa92]

Once a charge is laid there's typically no tine limit but Scotland has its own system, which can have its own quirks.

[Rocky86]

LGFA92 but online it says that waste of police time has a time limit of 6 months from the date of charges

[lgfa92]

LGFA92 but online it says that waste of police time has a time limit of 6 months from the date of charges

I believe, that just as in England, that is the time within which a summary case has to be first laid at the court, after that the case takes as long as the courts take.

[Rocky86]

LGFA92 bro so it is the same procedure in court in Scotland as well. If the prosecutor fiscal did not take the case to court in 6 month time then what can we do?

[lgfa92]

The Scottish procedure may share time scales but it is an entirely separate legal system so it has its own quirks. If it's outside the legal time limit however then they could not prosecute.

You need to contact the court or procurator fiscal to see what's happening with the case.

[2222]

Or don't contact the Procurator until after 6 months have elapsed, perhaps? It's possible that this has been placed on the 'not terribly important, so we will deal with this if we get a bit of spare time' pile. If so, they'll probably never get round to it, UNLESS you stir things up by contacting them.

[Rocky86]

thanks mate i had emailed them as i need to go back to US my dad got heart attack and i cannot go because my passport is with home office and they will not give it to me untill the case is over

[2222]

thanks mate i had emailed them as i need to go back to US my dad got heart attack and i cannot go because my passport is with home office and they will not give it to me untill the case is over

That will probably take a long time. Can the US embassy issue you with travel documents?

[Rocky86]

2222 i am just asking if you know how long it has with the prosecutor's fiscal team to take a case to sheriff court in Scotland. I have been charged with wasting police time 4 months ago but no update after that I tried to chase with the crown but still, they say that it's with markup department they have not marked my case yet. So wondering how long it will take to decide on case to go to court or not after being charged with crime