Hi, i have a similar situation. Basically i was on a night out down town. there was a lad who saw his ex misses out with her new partner, he was causin alot of trouble and looking for a fight. me being an idiot was drunk and fooling around with my friend (probably showing off a bit). my mate said he would crouch down behind this lad if i pushed him over. (we were just fooling around and both of us acting out of character) did this. the lad then got up and started swinging loads of punches at my mate. the lad was with a load of his friends and i thought they were all going to attack my friend. ive then ran over to stop them fighting and hit this lad once knocking him to the ground (his nose broke) i was then arrested.
The copper who arrested me has said that his saw the incident and that i hit the lad loads of times, the lad went to the ground and i continued to hit him and resisted arrest. this definalty didnt happen, like i said i hit him once and was arrested, didnt even argue with the coppers and they walked me to their vehicle.
at the police station i gave a no comment interview, but handed in a statement mentioning everything apart from the fact that i was fooling around and pushed the lad.in the statement i asked them to get CCTV as i denie what the copper had said and CCTV will prove this.
Its now been sent to crown court. as far as im aware they have still not got the CCTV when the area it happened is right outside a night club and fully covered by CCTV.
this is my first offence, I am being chraged with ABH and resisting arrest. i feel bad for whats happened but the lad was attacking my friend. i am pleading not guilty and think this is going to end up going to trail.
I am a sports coach and work in primary schools and community centres so being charged will affect my work. this has already affected me as i couldnt afford court costs/solicitor fees so have knocked alot of my work on the head and now claim job seekers.
does anyone have any idea of how serious this is and if found guilty am i look at jail time ?
many thanks for ur help