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summons are through in post today
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a few weeks ao i posted on here to tell you all a story of what happened one night walkign home,basics are that we were making alittle noise,a guy got pissed off,ran out of his home,confronted us angrily,went to hit my friend,my friend blocked his attack and picked up a table leg and hit him across the head,when he was going down i threw a table leg at him when i was running away.we got sent our summons today,i got charged with...ABH,affray,and use of offensive weapon,the guy who hit him across the head got the same,what you think the courts will make of this?we are all pleading guilty to all charges,you think comm service or time?
thanks,tandish
thanks,tandish
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I don't know if you'll get time, it depends on the behaviour of the victim as much as anything. A defendant I dealt with got CS for hitting someone with a chair leg because the victim started it, and was an utter cunt.
Your brief will tell you what to expect, but I think that if you don't get time you'll be a very lucky boy.
The prisons are full of people serving time for theft e.t.c which are relatively small offences, not GBH which is quite a serious offence.
The ones being released early are not the ones with convictions for violence.
Like I said before, first offence or not, you could quite easily have walked away from the bloke, instead you and your mates beat him up.
Exactly, which means self defence doesn't even come into the equation. For ABH you can serve up to 5 years, however it will be very unlikely it will amount to that.
I quite enjoyed CS sometimes.
Why, is it therapeutic or something?
Most of the times it was just a good laugh with some of the other lads. That was when we we going out in the mini bus painting, making foot paths etc etc It was quite relaxed with everybody cracking jokes, taking a bit of speed, stood around smoking.
I spent the last of my hours in Barnados which was shite though.
:thumb:
Do you know what you'll be doing for CS yet?
Glad to hear it. You got a kind judge.
I expected 240 hours CS and a curfew, to be honest, so you have been a lucky boy.
No, next time just just go over the top and beat someone roudn the head with a table leg. I don't see a problem with somebody defending themselves.
cheers guys
What you don't want to do is get caught helping old people round shopping, or workign in a charity shops. That's shit.
:rolleyes:
Quit your eye rolling, It's meant to say 'don't' go over the top.
In black and white.
You dont have to wait for them to make contact before you're allowed to defend yourself.
But well done for getting away with 150 hours, just remember as someone has said - next time just walk away, it's not worth risking getting put away even if someone else does start it - whats to say they cant say it was you who attacked them unprovoked, and then it's just up to a jury to decide.
because they intervened?
if someone was about to hit one of my mates id have a go, maybe not with a chair leg but then its easy to look back and say that .. it all happens pretty fast at the time ..
either way no real reason for you to be rolling your eyes like a smarmy cunt cuz tbh i don't think you know your arse from your elbow
I'm glad you added that lol I was just going to add a pointed reply....well if I could have thought of something I would have done anyway