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Not Charged Or Arrested But Summoned To Appear At Court
Hello, 5 months ago my daughter was involved in a row with another girl in a nightclub, the row lead to a few people getting pushed & my daughter got shoved to the floor, she got picked up by a bouncer & told to leave the club. A month later the police called her & wanted my daughter to attend the police station which was in the same town as the club, when she attended she was told a girl had been hurt & the police wanted to know what my daughters involvement was, she made a brief statement saying she had been at the club on the night in question & was slightly involved in the row but was not responsible for anyone getting hurt as she had been pushed on the floor. She was not charged or given a date to return, the police officer said if she didn't hear back within 3-4 weeks then there would be no further action. Today we have just has a local policeman come around to tell her she has been summoned to attend court next week (in the same area as the police station she attended), the local policeman didn't know why she had been summoned as he was passing the message on from a different police station. My question is, if my daughter is going to be prosecuted should she have been arrested & charged first? or is this how the court systems now operate!!!
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If she's been summoned, surely there should be official paperwork delivered to her home address from the court, to confirm this?
18:57 Thu 06th Feb 2014
jno , Yes you will know what case you are being called for normally anyway.
Though I was once called from work by the police to be taken straight to court as a witness. I knew nothing about it in advance. It turned out that a guy who was drinking in the pub where i was a barman went out of the pub and shot his step dad. They wanted to know if I had heard him talking about it and who he was drinking with.
Though I was once called from work by the police to be taken straight to court as a witness. I knew nothing about it in advance. It turned out that a guy who was drinking in the pub where i was a barman went out of the pub and shot his step dad. They wanted to know if I had heard him talking about it and who he was drinking with.
I managed to track someone down that actually new what it was about & it turns out that my daughter is the defendant for an alleged ABH. I told him it was the first we new about it as she has not been charged & he said she doesn't have to be charged as she has been summoned. I said how can she prepare a defense when we don't know what the evidence is against her because as of to date she has never had any documentation regarding the matter. His reply was " I suggest you contact a solicitor" So I am now going to contact a solicitor & I will keep you all updated
I have spoken to a solicitor (which I have to pay for) & he seems to think everything is correct & above board, he said the prosecution have started issuing a summons for minor offences, (I have since read up on ABH & it does not sound minor) I told him we did not know this was still pending & it has come as a total shock as we have never had any letters or paperwork regarding this matter so how can we prepare a defense as we don't no anything about the evidence against my daughter. He said don't worry nothing will happen on the first court appearance as that is when he can apply for the disclosure. So I have to take a day of work to take my 25 yr old daughter (she has recently had a total hip replacement & will not be able to travel the distance on public transport) & probably have to sit around all day waiting just to find some information as to what is actually happening. I am still really confused about the whole situation but I will update you all accordingly. Thanks for all your replies
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