Have you ever been to court?

[Dizaster]

You know the old joke, what do you call a Canadian,Mexican,coloured etc person in a suit? The defendant...

How many people here have ever been the defendant for some reason or another??

I've been a couple of times.. Nothing serious.. But yeah

[Nameless]

ONly once. When my parents divorced, a very very ugly war actually. We received a letter from the usher stating that if we didn't present ourself to the court, the police was coming to get us wrist in handcuffs (no joke, and it was coming from my Mom's lawyer). Quite scary stuff when you're not guilty of nothing and are only 19, especially as my main concern at the time was the condition of my 16 years old brother. Finally everything went ok and we didn't have to testify because of something I wrote but I've been at war 1 full year with my mom because of that though (and now, realizing backward how much of a dickhead and of an egoistical maniac my father is, I regret I kind of helped him on that day). Oh well. Other than that I've never been there.

[Youngblood]

Nope. But by the time i was 12 I had been brought home by the police for all sortsa stuff. Assault. Theft. Drug posession. Out after cerfew. Long list.

I did testify in court once. Called the cops on a guy beating the shit out of his girlfriend. I had just turned 13 then. After testifying he called me a rat outside the court house and said I should watch my back. He was about 25 yrs old or so. I saw him not long ago. I'm about a ft taller now and 35-40 lbs heavier. He was polite and apologized for the threat back then.

[Dizaster]

Haha, quickest way to get to know people.. Ask them their stories of going to court..

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Only on Jury service

[El Kabong]

I go to court every day

[Dizaster]

Only on Jury service

What was the case/s?

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Only on Jury service

What was the case/s?

A so-called Father had 14 counts of indecent assault against him.

He'd been messing with his daughter and two step-daughters over a period of about 10 years (collectively).

It was horrible really. The guy lived about 2-3 miles down the road to me. And i was actually shitting myself that i'd see him again one day... He looked like a nasty piece of work.

The worst thing was the look on one of his other daughters faces, who had actually come to give a character reference on his behalf... Without actually knowing what he was in the dock for.

She was so appalled & distraught, the Judge had to remove everyone to give her some time to let it all sink in.

To be honest, i don't think he was entirely guilty. The youngest of the three daughters (13 by the time of the trial) didn't really have much of a case imo but we let him hang for the lot.

I never found out he long he got. The court gave me the date for me to find out but i never did

[skel1983]

I think I have been 5 times.

[Phil]

being once, got a prick of a judge and walked away with 2 convictions and heavy fines, what a wanker

[Nameless]

I think I have been 5 times.

For which reasons exactly mate?

[skel1983]

I think I have been 5 times.

For which reasons exactly mate?

Well I was a bit of a tearaway when i was a kid, and I first got in trouble as a 16 year old not proud of this but i was a little shit, my dad use to go out to the pub on a friday at about 9:30 and hed lock the car up in the garage so as soon as hed gone id take the car and then return it before he got home which was about midnight.

I was doing this for about 4 months going out picking girls and mates up thinking I was cool as fuck, then one night I went to a friends and left the car running thinking I was just knocking on his door then getting back in the car, but I went in his house forgot all about the car came out after about 10 minutes and it had been taken, I owned up straight away but as a young lad who paniced I didnt ring my dad to tell him I rang the police explained what I had done then I rang my Dad, after that he didnt get paid out for the insurance and the car was never found , I got a slap on the wrist for that from the courts.

The next two occasions were for fighting again when i was a teenager again not proud of that times at all, and the last two occasions were when i was selling stolen and fake goods the first time I was ordered to do 200 hours community service, the second time i was sentenced to 18 months in jail the main reason I was sent to jail was that I took the piss with the community order and had only completed 75 hours in two years and had breached it a couple of times ( not turned in without a valid reason and fined £100 each time) So the judge thought well community service hasnt done anything to stop him and he hasnt completed it so he sent me down and I did 9 months in jail between November 2007 and July 2008.

Not the best of historys .

[Nameless]

I think I have been 5 times.

For which reasons exactly mate?

Well I was a bit of a tearaway when i was a kid, and I first got in trouble as a 16 year old not proud of this but i was a little shit, my dad use to go out to the pub on a friday at about 9:30 and hed lock the car up in the garage so as soon as hed gone id take the car and then return it before he got home which was about midnight.

I was doing this for about 4 months going out picking girls and mates up thinking I was cool as fuck, then one night I went to a friends and left the car running thinking I was just knocking on his door then getting back in the car, but I went in his house forgot all about the car came out after about 10 minutes and it had been taken, I owned up straight away but as a young lad who paniced I didnt ring my dad to tell him I rang the police explained what I had done then I rang my Dad, after that he didnt get paid out for the insurance and the car was never found , I got a slap on the wrist for that from the courts.

The next two occasions were for fighting again when i was a teenager again not proud of that times at all, and the last two occasions were when i was selling stolen and fake goods the first time I was ordered to do 200 hours community service, the second time i was sentenced to 18 months in jail the main reason I was sent to jail was that I took the piss with the community order and had only completed 75 hours in two years and had breached it a couple of times ( not turned in without a valid reason and fined £100 each time) So the judge thought well community service hasnt done anything to stop him and he hasnt completed it so he sent me down and I did 9 months in jail between November 2007 and July 2008.

Not the best of historys .

The jail thing is definitely not the best of history but at the same time, perhaps it was what was in order to make you realize before you might have pushed your luck a bit too far and ending up in even bigger mess.

[Andre]

Just been locked up for a night in Frankstons old jail, for D and D ,no court I got summoned but the cops said this is nothing if you dont fight it and dont show up it will get passed in or something so I took it from them and heard nothing more.

[Spicoli]

Young , dumb & enjoying the spirits with a chip on both shoulder....certainly wasn't church