Please help calm. Facing prison sentence

[WienerDiva]

I'm due in court tomorrow for attempting to pervert the course of justice.

It happened six months ago and I'm pleading guilty so no trial etc.

No previous and I'm a person "of good character". But my goodness I'm bloody petrified.

I probably won't sleep tonight and I'll I keep thinking about is my dd.

HV I xposted with your second post so am glad to see you dont think she deserved prison.

@Hollowvictory
Because our court system should first and foremost be about rehabilitation and preventing further crime. It's not about locking someone up every time they do something wrong. And the same punishment cannot be applied to the same crime in every circumstance. Simone may lie to the police to cover up a crime because they make an active choice to support a murdered, rapist, thief but people also lie to the police because they are threatened or forced too and are more afraid of that person than of the police. You don't punish those people in the same way.

OP committed a crime and made a mistake but she owned up to it and she's not the sort to go and re-offence. What good would locking her up do? It would just cost a whole load of money, ruin her life & put her daughter through the trauma of her mum disappearing. Making her work for the community though... that helps other people. She will repay her moral debt to society and she will face a punishment and the whole process is something she does not want to repeat. Rehabilitation achieved.

Anyone in an abusive relationship who commits a small crime like this should not be judged for it for the rest of her life. And I am happy she's not in jail tonight.

I am so glad the OP has come out of it without a custodial sentence, but I agree with Alexa, what the OP got isn't harsh... She is lucky to have not got 1 or 2 years custodial. Perverting the course of justice is quite a series crime.

Very glad she is free though. Coz although I don't think the punishment is very harsh, (for what she did,) I also think she didn't deserve to be incarcerated ...

Thought you'd get a sus sentence but the curfew and tag? totally unecessary in my view!

Still could have been worse, least your not a dodgey peterborough MP who has now lost her credibility party and seat!

Give the little un a big hug and GET AN EARLT NIGHT you must be exhausted!"!

So pleased you're not going to prison.

You sound really ready to turn your life around. Having had an abusive partner is a dreadful thing. It's upwards from here, chicka!

Hollowvictory

Hope you feel better now you have put the boot in there is always one... and they usually have sad little lives

@TheInvestigator. What are you talking about? I said I was glad she wasnt locked up! 🙄🤔

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Thank you everybody

The tag is there as a punishment. And rightly so.

I can't leave the house between 7pm and 5am. Of course if there is a medical emergency etc as long as there is proof then that's ok.

I think it's deserving. The facts are simple, I undermined the authorities and if I hadn't then the officer wouldn't have gotten hurt etc.

Pryce and Hume are a different kettle of fish.

My case was incredibly individual and the judge said it was hard to really know what to do for the best. More than 95% of PCJ cases end up with an immediate custodial sentence. It takes exceptional circumstances for that not to happen.

I'm grateful he could see I was remorseful and I'm no threat to the public. I will be attending Freedom courses through the probation service.

I do think something has to be done with educating humans on how to spot "red flag" situations and support for getting out etc needs improving.

Although I do want to thank you so so much you've helped restore a little more faith in myself xx

Bossassbitch what nonsense. I'm glad she wasnt locked up as I said in my post. But I don't understand the pages of Whooping. Someone came to significant harm let's not forget that. This wasn't a victimless crime and celebration is inappropriate.

@Hollowvictory

Yeah, but I was typing when you posted that. Your first response to OP though was not to say you were glad she's not locked up, it was to complain that other people are saying that.

Nobody is saying she shouldn't have been punished at all. Nobody is saying she did nothing wrong. The congrats she is getting are because we are pleased she isn't in prison because she didn't deserve that. And you come on and complaint that we're congratulating her. Aren't you nice.

Hollowvictory, why does the fact the OP has pleaded guilty to an offence automatically mean that we aren't allowed to be pleased that she has avoided an undeserved custodial sentence?

Nope it was to say that pages of celebration seem inappropriate given the harm caused. One can sympathise with the ops situation and be glad she wasnt locked up without the whooping. Somebody will be traumatised for a long time and came to harm through the ops actions. Its a bit distasteful to forget about that.

We can have different opinions, we dont all need to think the same!

Pleased for you, must have been such an ordeal today.

How do you know what harm was inflicted? Did I miss a post explaining what injury the officer suffered?

It could have been he lost a leg. It could have been a sprained wrist. And trauma? Did I miss a post where OP tells is that the officer is now suffering PTSD?

And the OP did not inflict the injury. An abusive man scared her into lieing. The injury was down to him.

Really glad you didn't get a custodial sentence and that you'll be able to access the Freedom programme through probation.

OP, as a matter of interest, do you know what sentence your ex got?

Rtft the op said she felt horrifically guilty that her lie meant an officer got hurt. Her words.

But today's a day for the op to focus on the future not the past.

He got two years for dangerous driving and driving whilst disqualified.

I forgot to mention that the injury to the officer wasn't significant to mention in court today.

Yeah... got hurt. But your typing as though the officer's career has be ruined, they're suffering mental trauma and they've had a terrible, lifelong wound.

It could be that... or it could be a bump on the head that's fine now.

I would feel horrifically guilty if someone got injured by my actions, even if it was something very minor. OP didn't detail how bad the injury was.... But she also didn't cause it.

She says she feels she did cause it. 🤷‍♀️

I’m relieved you’re not heading for jail.

Which shows you her character even more. An abusive man frightened her enough to lie for him. His actions made her do that. His actions hurt the officer.

OP still shouldn't have lied, we all know that, but she isn't the evil one in that story yet she still feels that she is and understands her actions had consequences. Which is even more of a reason to not want her in jail and that's what everyone was "whooping" about. And you come on and tell us not too.

If she'd got off Scot free, there wouldn't have been whooping (at least not from me). But I'm happy she's not in prison and I will whoop for that.