Common Assault / Marines

[emmies51]

Hi all,

This is going to be a bit long I apologise but alot of background info!!

My boyf is due into court on 21st June for above reason. He has been trainingto join the marines since beginning 2006 and wouldn't risk doing summat stupid to mess that up as he's now been accepted pending the outcome of this...

A guy I used to work with was trying it on with me, persuaded me to go for drink with him and hen he'd leave me alone sort of thing, my boyf went to talk to him, nd has admitted to grabbing his collar. This guy didn't go into work on the day in question but was in the next day not a mark on him (he's accusing my boyf of hitting him). We got a letter to say my boyf was being charged.

Few weeks later we got another letter stating it was not in the publics interest to pursue this case and the charges were dropped. A while after that 2 policement turned up wanted to arrest my boyf for not turning u at court!! We showed them the letter and they admitted big mix up and went off. They came back next day and took letter to make a copy.

Now we have to go back to court, my boyf is pleading not guilty and we have a solicitor, but if he is charged, what sort of "sentence" will he get? And what are the chances of him being charged? He cannot join the marines until this is sorted and if he is charged he cannot join anyway!!

Any info would help, thnk you x

[pinkbabytots]

I carn't understand it.....you recieved a letter saying that the CPS were not going to persue the case and now your having to go to court?

In any case even if it does go to court sound like their is not enough evidence to charge, just a waste of public money.

[Joe_the_Lion]

I am very confused.

You first got a letter saying he was going to be charged??? This doesn't happen. To be charged there has to be enough evidence for a successful prosecution. Are you sure your b/f wasn't arrested first, or maybe refused what is known as a contemporaneous interview???

Are you also sure they stated it "not in the public interest"?? All violence is in the public interest I am led to believe. May be "Not enough evidence to prosecute"???

I think you are getting "charged" and "prosecuted" mixed up. You can not go to court without being charged in the first place.

If however you are correct with your terms and facts, then he will clearly get off with a technicality.

And finally if he admitted (assuming to you) that he grabbed the other mans collar, why didn't he just admit it to the police and receieve a caution?? I imagine, therefore, he has some previous.

Sorry, there are too many holes in your thread to give any structured advice.

But wish him luck as a Commando. Good career choice.

[emmies51]

Sorry, he got chrged then told he'd have to go to court, then we got a letter saying that it wasn't in the publics interest to pursue the case. sorry for the confusion!

[Peter Pedant]

The impt bit is that you have a solicitor


He will give good advice, and there is very little we can add, except Good Luck

and you have the right idea, if he is convicted, he may not be able to go into the Marines, for five years I think.