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PS - I've tried attaching the letter (only small file - about 500kb) but its telling me upload folder is full. Happy to still upload it if needed and anyone knows another way. 

You'll need to use a third party site like Imgur to upload images.

He’ll have to wait for the actual SJPN to see what is charged, or does he have that and you’ve not shared it?

He should respond to the SJPN pleading guilty to speeding and not guilty to he other charge.

He should be sentenced in accordance with the guidelines which suggest a fine of half a week's net income, reduced by a third for his guilty plea, and three points. He will also pay a surcharge of 40% of the fine and costs of around £90.

He should also thank his lucky stars. 

Quote from: The Rookie on September 12, 2024, 07:45:29 pm

He’ll have to wait for the actual SJPN to see what is charged, or does he have that and you’ve not shared it?

Looks like what he was sent is the the SJPN

Maybe so, but you’ve not included it, only supporting materials which are of little use at all for giving advice.

For example we don’t know what he’s actually charged with.

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What's he been charged with?  Speeding, or failing to identify the driver, or both?

Sorry, I missed the "and/or". My suggestion only holds good if he has been charged with both offences. "Senior moment" 

But that is in the generic advice, the text explains this is an IF you are charged then... so we still don't know the charges!

We're the (corrected) driver details sent within the 7 days that the case was "suspended"?

The OP appears to have a history of leaving out significant details and then drip-feeding. And those that ought to know better seem to be creating noise by repeating the same questions regarding the missing crucial details.

When someone "helpfully" seeks advice for a friend, it invariably ends up as some form of Chinese Whispers. Unfortunately, the Admins won't let me string those involved up from the nearest lamp post.

If he's only been charged with the s. 172 offence, there's no option of doing a deal to plead guilty to an offence he hasn't been charged with (although it was apparently common practice for the instant when Harriet Harman was allowed to do it - but never before or since).

I note that a partial statement setting out a version of events has been included in the images of the PR, which will be before the court. The version of events in that statement appears to contradict the OP's statement that the RK was invited to provide "correct" driver details.

However. I would be wary of advising the OP's friend to challenge the statement, or give evidence at all (or attend court), as currently there is merely a very strong suggestion that he was perverting the course of justice, but unless he chooses to give evidence there is no opportunity for the court to put the question to him under oath.