Apologies for posting in AIBU, it's got the most traffic and I cant sleep I'm so stressed. Their more than likely going to be found guilty but I suppose I'm just looking for some reassurance that I'm right in what I thinking?
I'm going to court tomorrow to give evidence against someone who attacked me. Their being charged with ABH.
It's been 2 years since the attack ( this will be the 3rd time I've been to court about it, other times had to be cancelled/ rearranged )
Last time I went to court I had a look online at the court listings and they had to appear at court twice on the same day, different court rooms but my case number / another case number on both court listings. Same again for tomorrow ( in red on photo )
This means that their going to court for 2 things within one incident doesnt it? Or am I wrong? If I'm wrong what does it mean when their linked and it's different times?
Last time I went there were 3 independent witnesses who gave evidence before me ( I didnt end up giving evidence as the police hadnt sent over their evidence of mine )
A policeman, doorman and member of staff. My solicitor had asked me how I knew "luke" and then later on how I knew "john" as he thought they were friends of mine. When I said I didnt know them a woman next to him said they were the doorman and barman.
I've been reading my emails to the police that I'd completely forgot about and the policeman had said that my initial statement had been captured on body cam. The written statement is terrible but I dread to think of what my verbal statement was like, I was anorexic at the time, drunk & it was a completely unprovoked random attack, I never saw it coming.
I'm dreading the body cam footage being showed because I remember vividly crying not about what they had done to me, but sobbing because they had hurt me the exact same way my ex had hurt me and I still had the scars on me from it, all I was doing was sobbing about him and not what the attacker did. I'm so embarressed. I think the shock just threw me back in time. ( I fled DV, he was found guilty in court, it had been 5 years by then I had no idea I was going to react like that )
Oh God I'm so ashamed. I'm rambling now though as the point of this was the linked cases.
They were arrested straight away, it was not caught on CCTV as it happened in the toilets but the CCTV does show me running out of the toilets and straight behind the bar 🙈
It's all looking very positive, 3 independent witnesses, potentially another assault to someone else if I'm right with the linked cases - last time I went their solicitor offered a keep the peace or breach of the peace? Somthing like that but where it happened isnt local to me and I have no plans of returning so said no
I will feel a lot better about it if I know the linked cases means their getting charged for somthing against someone else too
They must of because honestly, theres no way it could of gone to court off my statement alone it was terrible. The written version from the police is a little better but it's still not great 🤦♀️