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Dear Cod...another magistrates thread

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pageturner · 27/11/2006 21:27

(You're clearly doing a good job with this magistrates biz, are you on commission?)

I have a first interview on Wednesday to become a mag: what are they going to ask?

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pageturner · 27/11/2006 21:55

You've gone and buggered off now, haven't you? I will hunt you down, y'know...

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pageturner · 28/11/2006 10:06

When I'm calling youooooo-ooooo-oooo...

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SpookyMadMummy · 28/11/2006 10:33

she's underwitnessprotectionCod at the moment....

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pageturner · 28/11/2006 10:35

Thanks SMM - she seems to be changing her name every 5 minutes atm which makes it impossible to track her down!

Mind you, who am I to talk - I was until recently pony girl.

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UnderWitnessProtectionCod · 28/11/2006 13:06

hey cat me

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pageturner · 28/11/2006 14:03

Aha! There you are! Will do.

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ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 28/11/2006 14:04

Cod is pissed I believe.. she is probably dribbling into the keyboard.. give her a moment to collect herself together..

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pageturner · 28/11/2006 14:24

Bit early for the sherry isn't it?

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UnderWitnessProtectionCod · 28/11/2006 14:25

ahem
i am waiting
do oyu have anyone esles address?
they can fwd it?

htink mn towers are on lunch

ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 28/11/2006 14:26

(she's not really pissed.. just typing extra badly!)

UnderWitnessProtectionCod · 28/11/2006 14:27

our keyboard was attacked by an ice lolly int he summer

ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 28/11/2006 14:28

Mine has rice in it. I am such a slut. (Not in the slag sense...)

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pageturner · 28/11/2006 14:50

Sorry, have been tackling long-overdue vacuuming... I sent it about 20 minutes ago. Is it there yet? Otherwise...

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pageturner · 28/11/2006 15:03

OK, Cod, just for you I've opened a hotmail a/c. [email protected].

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PeachysAreNotAChristmasFruit · 28/11/2006 15:49

Cod can I ask- what is normal for an assualt/ battery sentence? I witnessed a chap beat up his partner (clearly drunk) and threaten to kill her (held her over the Docks to be precise yelling Am Gonna Kill You) it went to court, first time entered no plea, went back as he pleaded guilty- - I ahd given statement as had Dh and Mum but not required. He got 12 month cond. discharge.

Now am not asking you to somment on sentence- just wondered what was the norm, as got letter from witness people today and tbh bit miffed as kids saw it all and were extremely upset by it.

UnderWitnessProtectionCod · 28/11/2006 15:52

very odd did he have a godo lowayer?

UnderWitnessProtectionCod · 28/11/2006 15:54

it oudl have been a fin eline between community order and on dishcagrge for a 1st timer pleadedin guyilty imo

JoolsToo · 28/11/2006 15:56

if I'm ever in trouble I'll be sure to hire a godo lowayer - can you recommend one?

UnderWitnessProtectionCod · 28/11/2006 15:57

the alcohol, deomestic setting, adn kdis beign present ywodu l haev aggravated it imo

there was an articel on dom assault in the times yest
hold on

UnderWitnessProtectionCod · 28/11/2006 15:58

"From domestic crimes to attacks on strangers
David Canter: Analysis

When I was asked to provide an offender profile for an investigation into a series of rapes and murders around London in 1985, I reasoned that a man who attacked women whom he did not know was likely to have been violent towards women he did know. His violence would be caused by his psychology, not a desire to target strangers.

This came as a surprise to some police officers who thought that the offence they then dismissed as ?a domestic? occurred because of the relationship between two individuals ? and would not spill over into attacks on strangers. But when John Duffy was eventually convicted as the Railway Rapist it became clear that his rape of his estranged wife at knife-point, which had put him in police records, was an important indicator of the path on which he was set. That crime was eventually was linked to three murders.

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PeachysAreNotAChristmasFruit · 28/11/2006 17:07

We figured it was coz he gave in and admitted to it at the last moment?

been surprised if he ahd any lawyer bar the freebie, from where he lived (near my Mum)

ofh well- at least its not just us thinking it was light- thank goodness!

Freckle · 28/11/2006 18:19

Ahem, freebie lawyers can be very good too, you know.

PeachysAreNotAChristmasFruit · 28/11/2006 18:33

LOL Freckle yes they an , used to work for a lovely one but without giving a location decent lawyers tend to run a mile as soona s rhey can afford it

UnderWitnessProtectionCod · 28/11/2006 21:13

hm and we lal pay for em!
ye sif he admitted it on the day of the hearing he woud l only have got 1/10th of the snetence

very odd, ther emust have been a lOt of mitigation

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pageturner · 29/11/2006 13:42

Phew, I'm back, in one piece. Interview went quite well, I think. I was a bit nervous, but I hope they'll just take that as interview nerves. Most of the questions were stuff I'd given some thought to (THANK YOU COD!), and I came thinking I'd said most of the things I wanted to say the way I wanted to say them and hadn't said anything I regretted. They did lots of nodding and smiling and agreeing, which may mean something or nothing, I suppose.

Apparently our area bucks the trend and there are many more applicants than places, so it is very competitive. They meet to decide who goes forward to the next round on the 18th December, so I may find out before Christmas, but if they don't get their paperwork sorted it may be mid-January! I'll let you know...

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