conditional discharge

[sami55]

in Jan 2006 i was given 12 months cond discharge (with 50 pounds costs, IT WAS NOT A FINE) from magistrates court (where the other party did not even bother to attend) for battery;
and that is the one and only one blot on my what is otherwise a very clean record indeed..

and despite that criminal record i have even managed to hold fully qualified professional jobs in finance and security...

but however i am smetimes having great and painful difficulty in explaining that
1 battery is really a common assault which is the most pettiest minor offence in its category..it is NOT a serious offence... even poking a finger in to someone is defined as common assualt. i was provoked and compelled into it by my now exwife who committed adultry and ghastly immoral acts.
i did not cause any serious injury and i pleaded guilty immediately so i should be forgiven for my prompt honesty AND THIS WHOLE UNFORTUNATE record should be disregarded as it was completely out of normal character and i am not from a criminal backgrund.
Can we say it is spent
2 my case was disposed of in a summary way
3 according to the rehabilitaion of offenders act 1974 it became spent when the cnditional discharge expired in jan 2007 as i have no other offences at all.
4 i have since then successfully held very responsible professional jobs requiring great deal of trust and client care so i should be deemed rehabilitated and that the offence should be disregarded.

your reply will be most appreciated. PLEASE REPLY TO [email protected]

[bednobs]

you can get replies on here. However, you ask for replies, but to what? Have you asked a question?

[dh001]

Sami55: Out of interest, did you tell the Magistrates at Court everything you have stated above including how minor Common Assault is??.

Also, one inference from your statement above is that you consider Battery a minor issue. Would calling you a 'wife batterer' bother you??

[factor-fiction]

It will show up on CRB checks