Warrant out for me

[LauraLesleyLogan]

I've done something stupid and failed to show up at Jury duty which I know is so wrong though have had different things to deal with recently which I know is no excuse.

Now it appears a warrant has been issued for my arrest. I have had a phone call to say I have to go to the police station and could be locked up to appear in court.

Anyone know whats likely to happen to me. Proper bricking it.

Scary though self inflicted.

Stop yir yammerin ya wee toerag!

Yeh my bosses Mrs from further down Scotland says “Clarty or Clorty” I would say Clatty!

My post to the clype!

'That's actually not correct in Scotland Magenta. Your custodial sentence starts from the day you're in court. So if lifted on a Friday, it doesn't kick in until the Monday you appear.'

And we love this! Because it means if Downstair Divy is lifted on Friday, he's away all weekend! Joy.

'Yeh my bosses Mrs from further down Scotland says “Clarty or Clorty” I would say Clatty!'

But do you say 'mockit' or 'muckit'?

Expat 😂😂😂

Oh dear. Hope you’re OK, OP!

@Ginger1982 sheriffs can opt to backdate sentences though, if the accused has been remanded pending sentence.
(Not saying this applies in the OPs case, just talking generally for the benefit of the Internet Police aka paperwhites)

Definitely mockit 😊

Please make a thread purely about your dd expat. I have family in Scotland (live in the SE) and am seriously thinking about getting a job up there and moving me and my 2yo DD. So she would grow up properly Scottish. And hopefully, exactly like your DD

😂😂😂

We once lived across the road and down a bit from a police station in Leith. There was also a very dodgy pub farther down the road, especially at weekends. DH wouldn't finish work till 11 so was always up when things kicked off. 'It was two lassies paggering each other! They were pure mental! Female copper had to take one down, 'Ye.will.calm.doon.now!'

Free entertainment.

Fairfax, they cannot backdate it to a day before they appear in court. If, for example a person plead guilty on January 1st, sentence is deferred to February 1st and they get 6 months, the 6 months can be backdated to January 1st. That's as far back as it goes. I'm a criminal lawyer.

If they are remanded in custody that is.

francis I would love to hear that!

I didn't mean that to sound cheeky by the way! 🙂

What!!! You can go to jail if you don't show up to jury duty!?!? Whhattttt!!! So in reality, no going to jury duty could be worse than the punishment given actual criminal on trial..!?! What if you were sick that day!?? This is ridiculous!

Sorry you're going through this OP!!

sirlee66 Being sick would be fine, you would probably have to provide evidence of that. It's the radio silence that's the issue.

Ginger did say ealier in the thread she had never heard of it, neither have I but there is probably loads of things I haven't heard of!

Lol

Muckit if someTHING is dirty,
It’s muckit.

Mochit if someONE is dirty.

She’s a right moch/ right mochit that een.

It isn't ridiculous. Simply failing to show up means everyone is sitting around waiting for the OP to turn up and then eventually the trial has to be postponed. Costs tens of thousands of pounds.

My DM was called for jury service and threw the letter in the bin saying she didn’t want to do it. I explained it wasn’t voluntary. She never heard any more about it.

Interesting that paperwhite has never came back on............