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In April of last year I was accused of various traffic offences including insurance fraud. Eventually the CPS dropped all charges except "driving without due care and attention". The police were being very heavy handed with me when they stopped me, one of them was particularly nasty and you would think I was a master criminal the way he was carrying on.
I initially got a solicitor because I was worried about the trumped up charges and I need to protect my licence because i run a business and need a car.
Yesterday I spent the whole day sat in a freezing cold corridor of a court with my solicitor and the case was not heard and is now adjourned for another month.
The only evidence of ""driving without due care and attention" is bodycam footage of me stood on the side of the road talking to the police and at no time did i admit any offence. So in the morning the cps agreed with my solicitor that when the case is heard the bodycam footage will not be used.
We then waited from 9.30am to 4.30pm then were invited into the court room to have it explained that the case would be adjourned. While in the court room i was astonished and disgusted that the cps, magistrate and police were having a cosy chat not just about the "driving without due care and attention" but also the other charges that have been withdrawn. My solicitor just stood there and said nothing!!!!!!!!
I am beyond despair because I have been driving for 37 years, I have the maximum no claims and a completely clean licence. I have never committed a crime and a decent hard working tax paying citizen. This whole sham has cost me £1200 in legal fees so far and could be adjourned again costing me another £600 to have a solicitor represent me for another day.
I am just thinking plead guilty to get the whole thing shut down because I have had sleepless nights worrying about the whole thing for the last 10 months.months.
This whole poor show will have taught me nothing but what lunacy the justice system is in this country and once again decent hard working people are penalised. What are peoples thoughts on this
I initially got a solicitor because I was worried about the trumped up charges and I need to protect my licence because i run a business and need a car.
Yesterday I spent the whole day sat in a freezing cold corridor of a court with my solicitor and the case was not heard and is now adjourned for another month.
The only evidence of ""driving without due care and attention" is bodycam footage of me stood on the side of the road talking to the police and at no time did i admit any offence. So in the morning the cps agreed with my solicitor that when the case is heard the bodycam footage will not be used.
We then waited from 9.30am to 4.30pm then were invited into the court room to have it explained that the case would be adjourned. While in the court room i was astonished and disgusted that the cps, magistrate and police were having a cosy chat not just about the "driving without due care and attention" but also the other charges that have been withdrawn. My solicitor just stood there and said nothing!!!!!!!!
I am beyond despair because I have been driving for 37 years, I have the maximum no claims and a completely clean licence. I have never committed a crime and a decent hard working tax paying citizen. This whole sham has cost me £1200 in legal fees so far and could be adjourned again costing me another £600 to have a solicitor represent me for another day.
I am just thinking plead guilty to get the whole thing shut down because I have had sleepless nights worrying about the whole thing for the last 10 months.months.
This whole poor show will have taught me nothing but what lunacy the justice system is in this country and once again decent hard working people are penalised. What are peoples thoughts on this
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