Speak to prosecuter..?

[Chez91]

If i found out who the prosecuter is in a court case could I, the 'victim', go see them and speak to them?
Just that bail conditions restrict me from attending the hearing.

[sara3]

if you know who he/she is, I would suggest you try to telephone them instead of turning up at the hearing.

[Buenchico]

It might be worth phoning your local CPS office to ask if it's possible to speak to someone. For the phone number, click on the relevant area here and then look at the bottom left-hand corner of the page:
http://www.cps.gov.uk/local/index.html

Chris

[Chez91]

Thank you.. I may sound really dumb but when i ring im not going to be greeted by the prosecuter.. how do i ask for the correct one?

[Buenchico]

You'll simply have to say that you wish to speak to someone dealing with the case of the Crown versus xxxxxxxx (where xxxxxxxxx) is the defendan't's name.

[New Judge]

A couple of things I don’t understand:

If you are the victim how do bail conditions (which presumably apply to the defendant) prevent you attending the hearing?

Why do you need to speak to the prosecutor? If the defendant is to plead Guilty and you want the court to hear about the effect the crime has had upon you, you should make a “Victim Impact Statement”. This facility should have been offered to you by the police and if it was not you need to speak to the Officer in the Case.

If, on the other hand, a Not Guilty plea has been entered and there is to be a trial, presumably you will be a witness. In such cases the prosecutor has to adopt an “arms length” approach to his witnesses or he may be accused by the defence of “coaching” them and this could jeopardise the trial.

[Buenchico]

NJ:
All valid points of course. My (vague) understanding of the situation is that Chez91 is subject to bail conditions relating to an (alleged?) offence which is separate to the one where he/she was the victim. Those bail conditions prevent him/her from entering the area where his/her attacker's court case will be heard. (I can only assume that Chez91 is not required as a witness, otherwise I would have expected the CPS to apply for a variation in his/her bail conditions, to permit attendance at court).

Chris

[Chez91]

I am the person who'd been assaulted, my ex is the person with bail conditions restricting contact with me. But i have been told i could attend the commital hearin by his solicitor but the police havent taken a retraction statement from me.
My ex has a bail variation on monday I also wanted to be there but apparently there's nothing i can do.
Hence wanting to speak with the prosecuter.. =/

[snugglecuddle]

Hi my ex had bail conditions which stopped him from any form of contact with me and my daughter but i was told by Kent Advocacies and the child protection police team i could attend the court hearings if i wanted to, it wasnt neccesary for me to be there it was just for my own peace of mind. His bail conditions shouldnt stop you from attending if you feel you need too xx

[Chez91]

Thanks, I went to the court but they didnt lift the bail conditions.. Can i ask what happened with your ex? xx