Initial Hearing

[Boys don't cry]

She knows the truth!!! That's why she's trying to get out of going to Court!

I am sure that one way or another she'll have to face the consequences.

If she doesn't appear in Court,she can be absent but interviewed by video link.

If none of them ,it would be even more positive for you.

[Boys don't cry]

We went with a written statement and a no comment interview. Big reason was my father's English isn't top notch and he was in pieces even at home. I have legal background so we practised at home what he was likely going to be asked, and he couldn't string together two sentences in panic so we decided a written statement and a no comment and also that we had pretty zero disclosure from the police.

Hello Stunned9.

Didn't the police asked your father if he was feeling comfortable to discuss in english and offered him the opportunity to have a translator?

If not your solicitor's advice was right to suggest "No comment".

Every case is different.

(The case I watched:English was the accused mother tongue).

I made a few mistakes when I talked to the police and they tried to help themseleves but my barrister and the judge stressed this point.

Just a single "quid pro quo" and...