Author Topic: Double charge of speeding and failing to provide information on the driver  (Read 2828 times)

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For any meaningful response you'll need to post exactly what was said.  I note the advice was to simply mention the plea offer.

It's quite possible the 'defence' has compromised the plea deal if it puts the driver identity in doubt.  (The prosecution may not be minded to allow the deal and will take the s172 to trial)

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on the balance of probabilities, I have may have been more likely to have been driving the vehicle at the time of the offence,

Then she cannot negotiate the "deal" (to plead guilty to speeding if the other charge is dropped). That is only available to her if she was driving.

This was the first advice you were given - if she wrote something along the lines of "I can't really be sure who was driving, it may well have been my husband, but I will plead guilty to speeding if the s172 charge is dropped" ( or words to that effect), then there was no realistic chance of the deal being accepted and she really has no option but to defend the s172 in court.

That is why knowing exactly what was written is so important.

I just ask that any advice be quite specific, as I don't want to make mistakes in this process.....

Specifically, at this stage, you need to attend court early and speak with the prosecutor.

It may be surprising to some but ultimately they are not there to try and catch you out and generally will be helpful.

They do have a job to do of course, which is to prosecute offences, but this does not mean that they do not have a wider remit of being public servants.

Also, although on here these things are often shorthanded to doing a 'deal', it is not really a matter of being some sort of deal but rather a matter of CPS policy. 

Go along and see what happens, you can always change your plea if appropriate.

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Go along and see what happens, you can always change your plea if appropriate.

Bear in mind that it is your wife who will have to do this.

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Go along and see what happens, you can always change your plea if appropriate.

Bear in mind that it is your wife who will have to do this.

Sorry, my bad.

Difficult to keep up sometimes.   :)