As part of an ongoing hate campaign against her by some members of her own family my daughter has been accused of assaulting her step brother's partner.
The girl made a specific allegation that she was punched in the face during an argument at a specific time and place.
It's a complete lie, and cctv covers the whole incident and shows it to be a lie, so no worries there.
When the police received the girls complaint they responded by calling my daughter in for an interview under caution.
The officer had the cctv and he, my daughter, her mum and solicitor all viewed it.
I am told this showed the incident clearly enough to leave no doubt.
Despite this she has now been charged with "assault by beating" and has to attend the magistrates court in June and a police station in the meantime to have photo, dna and fingerprints taken.
The police know of the hate campaign and have by and large been reasonably sympathetic, so I don't want to alienate them at the moment.
I was told by a recently retired ex copper that it was far easier for the copper who did the interview to pass the case up the line for his superior to authorise, than it would have been to do all the paperwork necessary to stop it in it's tracks. Also that the superior will have authorised it without seeing the cctv.
Now my daughter who is gentle and non violent (unlike me
)but has a touch of Aspergers which makes public appearances, talking to strangers, photos etc. an ordeal has to go through this process.
I dare say the solicitor who was present could have insisted the case was dropped at the interview stage if he had been doing his job properly, but that wouldn't have been in his law firms interest as they now have the case to defend.
My daughter will qualify for legal aid and the taxpayer will have to pay for this, also the cost of the court appearance and prosecution costs.
I was also told that there would be no repercussions against the original pc or his superior even if/when the case is found to be a complete waste of time and money.
What a wonderful system.
The girl made a specific allegation that she was punched in the face during an argument at a specific time and place.
It's a complete lie, and cctv covers the whole incident and shows it to be a lie, so no worries there.
When the police received the girls complaint they responded by calling my daughter in for an interview under caution.
The officer had the cctv and he, my daughter, her mum and solicitor all viewed it.
I am told this showed the incident clearly enough to leave no doubt.
Despite this she has now been charged with "assault by beating" and has to attend the magistrates court in June and a police station in the meantime to have photo, dna and fingerprints taken.
The police know of the hate campaign and have by and large been reasonably sympathetic, so I don't want to alienate them at the moment.
I was told by a recently retired ex copper that it was far easier for the copper who did the interview to pass the case up the line for his superior to authorise, than it would have been to do all the paperwork necessary to stop it in it's tracks. Also that the superior will have authorised it without seeing the cctv.
Now my daughter who is gentle and non violent (unlike me
)but has a touch of Aspergers which makes public appearances, talking to strangers, photos etc. an ordeal has to go through this process.I dare say the solicitor who was present could have insisted the case was dropped at the interview stage if he had been doing his job properly, but that wouldn't have been in his law firms interest as they now have the case to defend.
My daughter will qualify for legal aid and the taxpayer will have to pay for this, also the cost of the court appearance and prosecution costs.
I was also told that there would be no repercussions against the original pc or his superior even if/when the case is found to be a complete waste of time and money.
What a wonderful system.
