Can I Avoid A Prison Sentence

[Bastian30]

Hi , back in january my gran had jsut passed away and me and my 2 brothers were sitting together having a chat,when my younger bro received a phone call threatening him and saying they were gonna shoot him and cussing about our gran being dead , they then told us to go over and gave us there adress ( so being complete idiots we did) anyhow i picked up a piece of ply wood outside these guys house and we knocked on the door and they let us in my young bro stood with the 1 lad at the door , and my otehr bro went into lounge and hit this otehr lad as he was going for knifes he had sitting on teh table in front of him ,anyhow i smashed a few ornaments and on my way out of teh house this lad that was by front door told me my kids were gonna be next to my gran so i swung the piece wood hitting him across the chest area ,( he received no medical attentention as he had no severe injuries, now the cps offered my lawyer a bargain asking me to plead guilty to hitting the lad bthat required no treatment as the injuries were not severe enuff , but my lawyer turned it down hoping to get a better deal next thing i know im up in court on trial next mth i am a single parent with sole custody of my 3 young kids i have no one else to even look after them for that day , but can i avoid going to prison cause if i do then my kids will more than likely go into care ?? any suggestions or advice ??i know i haev been stupid in this incident i shud of ignored it and acted like a grown up

[daniela31]

What I cannot understand is why there has to be so much violence these days. It's quite upsetting to read about it in the papers and see it on the news, but it just seems to be getting worse!
You will have to take heed from your solicitor re your impeding punishment. But as you say.............why didn't you ignore it all and try to sort it out like the 'adult' in you.
Next time think of your kids before you lash out at anyone.
:-)

[Bastian30]

Daniella u are rite and tehres not a minute that goes by that i say to myself i was stupid and now for that its my kids that could well being the ones to suffer

[daniela31]

It's a shame that you have put them in the position of maybe them going into care. :-(

I hope everything turns out ok for you, put on a sad face in court and be contrite.

And don't do anything again that could end up with them being without you.
xx

[Bastian30]

i wont but now as the trial approaches i cannot sleep properly at nite i jsut dont wanna end up going to prison n losing my kids

[zebedee1691]

What have you actually been charged with, and is your case going to be heard in the Crown Court or the Magistrate's Court?

[daniela31]

I'm sure your brothers and your family would help you out re your children wouldn't they?
Don't let your melancholy reach your children, and try and put a happy face on for them for Christmas.
:-)

[Bastian30]

not sure of charge when police released me it was severe assault but i think cps lowered that , and its the sherrif court in scotland

[Bastian30]

here is wat i read in the letter received from the prosecuting service-they want my one brotehr to plead guilty to brking the lads arm an lacerations to the leg , they want me to plead guilty to assualt to injury being bruising n swelling that required no medical attention and my plea of not guilty to severe assault wud b accepted an it was a global plea but my lawyer turned it down ? shud i of accepted teh offer ?

[daniela31]

Have you already got a criminal record?

[Bastian30]

last year i was accused of assault which got admonished ( i was innocent that is the truth , ok i did wrong this time but i didnt do nothing back then )

[danchip]

sounds like there's a pattern emerging, maybe a stint inside would do you good

[Bastian30]

theres no pattern i have just been very stupid

[daniela31]

Does that mean you thought you might get away with it this time too??.........................lol.
You will just have to take whatever punishment is coming to you, as you have already said, you know you have done wrong. Hopefully it won't be as bad as you think. Then concetrate on your children, and don't do it again.
Best of luck with that.
:-)

[Bastian30]

thank you , i really hate wat i have done i have even thought bout apologising to the lad but i think its a case of to little to little i shudnt of done it basically

[danchip]

last year you got accused of assault, this year serious assault whats going to happen next year! We'll see you in the media being accused of murdering someone

[Bastian30]

if i was charged with assault to injury & severe assault but the prosecuting ppl made an offer of tehy wanted to just cahrge me with assault to injury , but my lawyer refused that ,wud it now revert bk to the original charges

[kinell]

I can send you a christmas present mate, if you give me your address,

I think i'll get you half a brain, to go with the other half you already have,

What a total t0$$�r you are, bye bye and dont forget your soap on a rope, you will need it.

Violence , the conversation skill of the lowlife.

[Bastian30]

its ppl like you who need half a brain, you obviously dont live in teh real world maybe u wud understand things can get quite hard at times, soap on a rope omg u been watching to much tv come bk when u ahev sommit civilised and worth saying

[lemonsorbet]

You should just accept what you've done and take whatever sentence is dished out.

By the sounds of it, it'll be your brother getting the heavier sentence, so perhaps if you can prove that you understand your mistake, and regret it,then they won't come down too hard on you.

At least you won't make the same mistake again, and whatever the outcome, you can use it to turn your life around, do something constructive, and perhaps move somewhere else for a fresh start, away from violent thugs.

[joggerjayne]

Yes, you should definitely move.

It sounds like you live in The Bronx, or something.