Plea Date

[tiftaf]

Taf has got his plea date but what I want to know is, do the CPS have to make a decision before then. Also, we have still not got the prosecution papers, is this normal? We have had Tafs statement ages.

Thanks.

[lawlessone2009]

As far as I know the CPS can drop the case whenever they feel like it........

If it is the same as Scotland then when the prosecutor is making their decision it has to be backed up by a secondary prosecutor before it can be dropped. I am not sure if this is the same when it has to go ahead.

It could be a case of raising the pleading diet before the court, having your man plead not guilty, accepting that and so the case is effectively over. Quick closure and a 'Not Guilty' recorded.

I would imagine if it is simply the pleading diet then the prosecution won't have to have really produced anything although they normally do to persuade people to plead at the earliest opportunity (in Scotland anyway). Between the pleading and the trial the prosecution will need to provide full disclosure.

I would read the fact that they haven't produced papers as a positive at the moment. I wouldn't take it for granted but keep it positive.

If they are lazy and lacking procedure just now then just imagine when it comes to trial time and they've not done their homework!

[worriedfather]

plea date

I suggest that you get your Sol to kick the CPS up the backside, i found that the CPS were very slow at passing on information.
How can you plead when you have not been given the accusers statements, any forensics etc.
we had to chase plod and CPS for everything, the shorter time you have with the paperwork the less chance you have of picking holes in the lies.
we were told 2 weeks before trial that my sons accuser had made a previous false accusation, CPS "forgot" to tell our sol...... we spent 2 months chasing the forensics results as CPS had "mislaid" them
do not trust the cps, they are only interested in a conviction