Charged With S 20 Wounding

[Jalal12345]

Hi I’ve been charged with a s 20 for hitting someone with a shovel, due to him giving me racial abuse, I just lost it, I didn’t turn Upto the scene with a shovel or nothing it was just there on the ground an when things got heated I picked it up an hit him twice leaving a small cut above his ear which needed gluing, the officer dealing with my case told me to go in for a voluntary interview which I agreed to, and when I went in I half put myself at the scene of the crime, then a week later the officer rang me to tell me cps have charged me with s20 which he thought was strange as when he was dealing with the incident he put it through as a s47 abh....
He told me in his own words when I get to court an my solicitor argues that the injury was not that serious it will most likely get dropped back down. Is this true? I know an assault with a weapon is more serious than with my fists but it was Honeslty just a heat of the moment thing and if the shovel wasn’t in front of me it wouldn’t of got used. What is the likely outcome of this an do you think the charge will get dropped down to the lesser abh as his injury’s we’re not serious enough to warrant a gbh/wounding charge.

[Jalal12345]

Well bednobs I assume you have never been racially discriminated in any point of your life so you wouldn’t know...

[bednobs]

you can assume whatever you like. I'm not sure that the racial discrimination will be a mitigating factor, although you may as well try :-)

[Peter Pedant]

\\ I can only re-iterate that if you are paying for advice that you are happy with, take it. If you are not happy with the advice you are paying for, get someone else\\

I completely agree with that - remember we dont know the ins and outs of the case as he does

[when years ago I was doing jiu jitsu, the teacher drummed into us - "walk away - just walk away. ged outta there - and nothing happens ..... "]

[Jalal12345]

Well it turns out I seen the kid who I assaulted yesterday, and he approached me apologising saying he didn’t want it to go this far an that he only made a statement to keep his job as his boss would of fired him. He said he doesn’t know how to retract a statement but he won’t turn Upto court if I plead not guilty. But even I plead not guilty there’s 2 other witness statements 1 of whom witnessed the assault, so even if the complainant doesn’t turn up I would still be found guilty because of the other 2 witnesses wouldn’t I, and because there is cctv of me and my car in the area (not of the actual assault) would it be best to just take it on the chin and plead guilty anyway knowing that he won’t turn Upto court, also he showed me the injury above his ear and there was no scar atall just a little bit of redness