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Hiya
Im not sure if this is in the right forum, if its not please move it.
On Friday i got nicked for being drunk and disorderly and i have been put on a five year caution, at the station they told me if i was applying for a job then i wouldnt have to put that down on the application form.
I have recently started a new job that i really enjoy for a resepctiable company but im worried that if i go out and get pissed and get nicked again and end up being in court or getting fined and my boss finds out by either word of mouth or by reading the local paper then does he have the right to sack me?
I dont plan on getting nicked again but its quite hard espically as my boyfriend is always in trouble with the old bill and i usally end up in trouble along with him, espically if i have been drinking which i do most weekends. I dont want to give up going out and anything but i was wondering if my boss has the rigfht to sack me or give any disaplinartys if i get into trouble with the law?
thanks xxx
Im not sure if this is in the right forum, if its not please move it.
On Friday i got nicked for being drunk and disorderly and i have been put on a five year caution, at the station they told me if i was applying for a job then i wouldnt have to put that down on the application form.
I have recently started a new job that i really enjoy for a resepctiable company but im worried that if i go out and get pissed and get nicked again and end up being in court or getting fined and my boss finds out by either word of mouth or by reading the local paper then does he have the right to sack me?
I dont plan on getting nicked again but its quite hard espically as my boyfriend is always in trouble with the old bill and i usally end up in trouble along with him, espically if i have been drinking which i do most weekends. I dont want to give up going out and anything but i was wondering if my boss has the rigfht to sack me or give any disaplinartys if i get into trouble with the law?
thanks xxx
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Did you take legal advice before accepting the caution? Too late now, but I hope you did.
For future reference, you can find a local criminal defence solicitor here.
Anyway, cheers for the website addy, i'll check it out
XXX
That was really daft, I'm sorry to say.
You should always take legal advice. By accepting a caution you are saying that you committed the offence, and it could very easily come back to bite you on the arse.
Next time, please ask to speak to the Duty Solicitor. It's makes a huge difference, and doesn't cost you a penny. You can, of course, always find a criminal solicitor using the link I gave before.
You shouldn't have accepted anything when drunk. Although I appreciate how the police always put the pressure on to accept cautions.
If you're guilty as sin its normally better to accept a caution, but to do so without taking legal advice first is a bit daft. Especially as police station legal advice is free.
The police are bastards for putting the hard sell on though. Often they'll say "oh, you can have a solicitor, but you'll be waiting all night" as its easier to interview unrepresented suspects. And people who think they're innocent will happily go along with it, thinking that they'll get out quicker, and they've got nothing to be scared of.
This is bullshit. If you were cautioned, it's not a criminal conviction so you don't have to declare it on a job application.
If you refuse to accept a caution, isn't there a chance you'll end up with a record?
Course there is.
I'm not saying you shouldn't accept cautions, but I don't think the police often explain just what a caution amounts to. You shouldn't sign something which is you admitting to a criminal offence without taking full legal advice, especially as police station advice is free of charge.
And if you have cautions, if you come to court again that's part of your anticedence which can be admitted as evidence anyway. You have a record if you have cautions, which is something else that isn't explained fully.
what?
I did agree to the caution because at the end of the day i was being a knob and being drunk and disorderly but hey ho most of us do it and one point or another, its just unlucky that the old bill happned to be around when it happned.
I hope my boss don't find out :no:
~XXX~
Common trick that.
You'd have been waiting about two hours, tops.