Batman has been to court -now with legal bollocks on p3-

[Montreal Wanderer]

As shitty as it is, count yourself lucky you don't have to go to court about a co-worker who murdered her kids. (Allegedly) That was a part of my 07 that will I'm sure come up again in 08.

Hopefully he paid for your car, as that sentence sucks.

As a defence or prosecution witness?

[superjohnmcginlay]

son of a bitch

2hrs sat in a feckin waiting room

mongaloid pleads guilty after 2 fooking hours, and only gets a fine!!!!

f ucking technicality BOLLOCKS

No ban?

[Batman]

dropped the D and D charge

apparently the test was invalid, therefore breath sample was also invalid as the bloke does not speak English, his solicitor successfully argued that 'he didnt know what to do'

how the f uck this goes I dont know

this country

[Montreal Wanderer]

dropped the D and D charge

apparently the test was invalid, therefore breath sample was also invalid as the bloke does not speak English, his solicitor successfully argued that 'he didnt know what to do'

how the f uck this goes I dont know

this country

I don't think that defence would work over here somehow....

[superjohnmcginlay]

dropped the D and D charge

apparently the test was invalid, therefore breath sample was also invalid as the bloke does not speak English, his solicitor successfully argued that 'he didnt know what to do'

how the f uck this goes I dont know

this country

Thats fooking wank. Surely they got him back to the station and did the proper test on the official machine??? Or is it all down to the language thing?

[Batman]

language

its a joke

[superjohnmcginlay]

Aye. Where's Crayons to explain this one?

[TANGODANCER]

language, its a joke

What, we don't use interpreters these days when dealing with non-English speaking people?

[Batman]

'due to it being late at night we couldnt find one'

it was 10pm

[TANGODANCER]

'due to it being late at night we couldnt find one'

it was 10pm

Huh, like there are no Polich people in the UK, any town? Oh, of course there won't be any Polish policemen either.

[Batman]

Estonian, for what it's worth

[Montreal Wanderer]

Estonian, for what it's worth

Good thing you didn't get on the witness stand to show how well you know your neighbours.

Dunno if I mentioned it but about two months back I was happily ensconced in my flat watching Stargate on DVD (a criminal offence in it's own right you might think) when I heard a massive crash outside my window, now I knew that my car was the only one there at the time, so I jumped up and legged it outside to see my next door neighbour (some Polish chap) in his car driving over and over and over into the back of mine at about 10mph.

[Batman]

having never met him before

but hearing him speak on the night

and having never spoken either language, my guess wasn't far off was it

[Montreal Wanderer]

having never met him before

but hearing him speak on the night

and having never spoken either language, my guess wasn't far off was it

Not far off geographically, but light years away ethnically and linguistically. I'm still puzzled by an inability to speak English being an acceptable excuse for being five times over the limit.

[Batman]

well i wouldnt know either

and given the amount of Poles in Preston it was a fair guess.

erm i dunno the intricacies of the law, i was too busy tutting and huffing when the cop told me what was going on.

i guess its cos he 'wasnt aware' that he was providing sample somehow invalidates said sample, but i dunno

[TANGODANCER]

There's an awful similarity here to the woman who sued the microwave company for not telling her in the instructions not to microwave a wet cat. Common sense is dead.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

Aye. Where's Crayons to explain this one?

I can't - I'm no apologist for the things that are shit in our legal system.


It's a criminal offence for an English speaking person to refuse a breathtest anyway....


The language thing is a joke... anyone in the civilised world knows what it means when a police officer asks you to breath into a little black device at the roadside.


Unless, of course, you're pissed off your tits at the time.

[superjohnmcginlay]

Aye. Where's Crayons to explain this one?

I can't - I'm no apologist for the things that are shit in our legal system.


It's a criminal offence for an English speaking person to refuse a breathtest anyway....


The language thing is a joke... anyone in the civilised world knows what it means when a police officer asks you to breath into a little black device at the roadside.


Unless, of course, you're pissed off your tits at the time.

So theyre letting him off because they didnt give him a chance to refuse a breath test which is illegal anyway????

[Montreal Wanderer]

Surely, PB, it would be a criminal offence for anyone to refuse to take the test in England regardless of language spoken. You cannot have laws that specifically target English speakers but let foreigners off - that would be discrimination. Obviously now, foreigners are safer to take take the test and then claim not to understand - which is dumb. The whole thing makes no sense to me.

[CrazyHorse]

Makes you wonder if the charges would've been dropped on the same 'technicality' had the said driver killed someone whilst under the influence.