If a police investigation is ongoing into alleged criminal activity, you may be bailed to return to the police station on a future date. Once you have been charged with a criminal offence, the police are required to release you on bail unless one of the following applies:
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- the police have doubts about your identity or address, or
- you need to be detained for your own, or someone else's, protection
- there are concerns that you will fail to attend court, or interfere with the administration of justice (e.g. by contacting witnesses)
Bail Offences
If you are released on police bail and do not return on the date and at the time required, you may be charged with a separate criminal offence. This is called 'failure to surrender' and whilst you may not think that the actual penalty given for this offence is particularly serious, it does count as a 'breach of trust'. Breaches of trust on a person's criminal record may affect your ability to get bail if you are ever charged with an offence in the future.
Bail Conditions
Your bail from the police station may be conditional or unconditional. If there are conditions attached to your bail, you may for example be told that you have to reside at a specific address, report to a local police station, stay inside your house at certain hours of the day, not contact certain people or go to certain places, or provide a surety (a sum of money that you may lose if you fail to attend court.) You may also be told to surrender your passport.
If you breach any of these conditions, you may be arrested and brought before the magistrates court. You may be charged under the Bail Act 1976 and could also be remanded in custody until your trial.
While on police bail you can apply at the magistrates court to vary the conditions of the bail, although there is no guarantee that the court will allow such variations.
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Once you appear before the magistrates court, you can apply to vary your conditions. If you have been remanded in police custody, you can apply for bail at your hearing before the magistrates court. The court may grant you bail, may allow you bail with conditions, or refuse bail and remand you in custody.
If you have not been convicted of any offence, you have a right to be granted bail unless certain exceptions apply. If the court thinks that you are likely to fail to attend court, interfere with witnesses or may commit further offences you will not be given bail. In determining whether any of these factors apply to you, the court will consider the nature and seriousness of the offence that you have been charged with, the strength of the evidence against you, your personal circumstances and community ties, any previous convictions and in particular any breaches of trust (such as failure to answer bail), as well as whether you have any other outstanding charges or are currently serving any other sentence. The police bail time limits were changed in 2017. The initial period a person can spend on pre-charge bail is 28 days. An extension of up to three months may be granted by a senior officer. For any further extension, an application will need to be made to a magistrate.
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Sureties
If the court decides that it is appropriate it can attach certain conditions to your bail so as to ensure, as far as possible that you return when you are supposed to. If you are asked to provide a surety, this is a sum of money, which you or someone else puts up on your behalf, that may have to be forfeit if you fail to surrender to bail. There is no need to pay this money to the court when you get bail, but you have to show that it is available if needed.
Re-Applying For Bail
You have two chances to apply for bail at the magistrates court, or if there is a change in your circumstances. If this fails, you can apply for bail again at the crown court, known as 'judge in chambers.' You can also go to the High Court but this is rare.
If you do not get bail, there are limits on the amount of time you can spend in custody without the prosecution having to apply for an extension. These are:
- Magistrates court trials -56 days
- Crown court committals – 70 days
- Crown court committal to trial – 112 days
Any extension must be fully justified by the prosecution in order to be granted by the court. You can find out more about what happens the first time you appear in court here.
its robbery case
do you think the could appect the bail application
Many thanks if you can advise whether this councillor was entitled to send me that chap's bail notice and how would he be able to get hold of it anyway?
Saying he's hurt her like domestic abuse there is no.evidence for this and he's got to.go to court. The thing is she's constantly ringing and messaging him and because he's not answering she threatening him again with the police he's so worried and scared cause she's done this he's now not allowed to.see.his daughter because social services have been involved help what can we do to stop.her doing this and ruining my.sons life
How can this be done and what does she need to do so we can be together again ?
What happens if you get arrested by the police they don’t interview you they don’t charge you but they put you on bail what does that mean please .
Police leaving children while he worked at night they just went away three week later he is ambushed at the eldest school attacked by a plain clothes police office who didn’t make it known she was a police office but attacked him telling him to get out of the car screaming in front of his twelve year old son
She took my grandsons phone at school and told him to wait in a room it was an abuse
His ex told lies and said he had hit my grandaughter with a wench then a sledge hammer now on bail not seen kids two weeks still on bail the police where letting kids return then social services got involved
Now he can see kids twice a week in the community it’s crazy my don has had custody all my grandsons life he’s nearly
This all going on his ex has gone abroad with boyfriend leaving the two other kids 10 months and five with my older grandaughter who has a child in care and the has to isolate so she will not see any child gor a month
I have break my bail conditions an I have contacted my ex partner ho put charge on me
I have serious problems or he can be fixt
And also al my belongs are at her house and I can't recover them
It’s always been my understanding that this includes any and all buildings within footprint of address!
I've done nothing wrong and this allegation has now cost me my job and it's unfair cos she can get away with it and I'm being punished. This page I see doesn't give answers but I'm at my witts and with it all
Its concerning me
My wife on bail and staying with my kids in her mom house due to the bail condition.
Currently I am out of country for travel and returning home in few weeks. I received a letter from my wife' lawyer
" my wife wants to come back home with kids and wants me to kick out. I wanna know what is my right, if I refuse do you think my wife can get the approval from court and go to the matrimonial home " is there any legal service from govt where I can get some help? Please advise me .
Thanks
Is it normal.
I took him back yesterday to find out what is going on
We got know answers still on contact after
What do I do with my son his anxiety If not knowing what’s going on is terrible
Hope I can get some advice thanks in advance
Also what can happen to me? I am on the antydepressant ghe highest dose. I got 4 drink with that and i cant remember nothing. Normally this amount is not much. I am single mum student and voluntering. I am not agresive person at all.
In my last court appearance they give me a curfew by means of wearing an ankle bracelet.
My question is, my wife is India and is planning on coming to the UK on a spouse visa and I intended to go with the documents to India so she can submit the application in Mumbai and we could have our honeymoon there.
What's the chances of being allowed and how would I go about asking, ie who should I ask?
If the person don't get retail date does that mean it's dropped or still waiting
My family live in Malaysia - while I was a way a neighbour emailed me to say the police had raided my house and had left a note on the kitchen table to say that they searched my house in connection with:
Controlling prostitution,
Money laundering
trafficking
car hire
immigration offences.
they had removed a pc and a laptop
I came home immediately - met the police on 7/11/2016 - was bailed until 7/02/2017
I went back to Malaysia returned on the 5/02/2017 for the meeting - but was the told that the bail date had been changed to 15/03/2017 - so went back to Malaysia - got back 11/03/2017 for the bail meeting - got to police station but was then told bail date had been put back to the 9/05/2017.
I think the police dont have anyone available to check the computer. - but how long can this go on for - I have not been formally charged - no trial - yet my life is in Limbo while the police sort themselves out - it really is an abuse of power.
I've been on bail for 4 months without charge
I have to sign on at local police station 3 times a week
So I have now lost my job
Can I get this changed so I can get work
Other wise I'm am going to end up homeless as well
There will be no charges because I wasn't me
But in their process I will lose everything what about incent people rights
I have been on bail for over 6 weeks. I was late for signing on just over half hour. this is the first time I was late. What will happen? The lady at the police station said she will write an email informing them that I have Been warned.
Bail states no contact with myself but i am safe and we need to have contact for the children.
Can i get the bail against him dropped???
He must go back to police station in 2 months time.
Will he be able to travel abroad in the meantime? Christmas etc.
In the paperwork it doesnt say anything except attending in two months time.
This is the only CCTV footage my neighbours ever handed over to the police in five years of allegations that I've been harassing them. The police have destroyed this CCTV footage.
My neighbours installed CCTV cameras in early 2010.
So again in March 2014 my neighbours made a written statement to the police saying that, “We have CCTV footage running 24 hours a day” yet they cannot show any evidence.
In August 2014 the police arrived at my house to inform me that my neighbours had unplugged their 24 hour CCTV because it was making too much noise.
So my neighbours told the police that they were being harassed yet they unplug their CCTV cameras.?
In 2014 my neighbours told the police that their CCTV will prove that their dogs definitely do not bark continuously, yet they cannot prove any of the allegations of harassment.
If there is no conspiracy involving the police and my neighbour, then why can't they show at least two minutes of all this daily harassment I have alleged to have been doing?
Conclusion: So from 2010 to August 2014 my neighbours had 24 hour CCTV covertly filming me, they accuse me of waging a daily campaign of harassment against them. Yet they cannot show one single incident on those CCTV cameras.
SO WHO IS THE ONE TELLING LIES?
For example a person/s claim to be someone that they are not in a police statement.
I am currently on police bail, for the alleged offence of rape (quite a ludicrous allegation but I am not asking for advice in regards to the alleged offence).
At the time of the the police bail being granted, four conditions were imposed.
1. Not to contact the complainant (ridiculous but reasonable)
2. Not to contact the complainant's sibling (ridiculous, unreasonable, but I really don't care)
3. Not to contact the complainant's mother (wholly unreasonable)
4. Not to visit an address (that I own) where the complainants mother currently resides and the complainant used to reside until the allegation was made. (unreasonable)
I am thinking about making an application to the magistrates court to vary the conditions of my police bail. Essentially I feel there are no grounds for the last two conditions and they essentially amount to extra judicial punishment.
Relevantly the complainant's mother (the only eye witness at the property at the time of the alleged offence) has I understand made a statement to the police to the effect that I was not at the property at the time.
My question is in two parts
1. My understanding of PACE is that police may put in place these conditions where they feel that prosecution witnesses may be intimidated etc (not unreasonably). However, given the statement made by the complainant's mother which is clearly in my defence, could the police reasonably argue that she is a prosecution witness that I am somehow trying to "nobble"?
2. I am concerned that the police / prosecution would in essence intimate (or indeed argue) that the complainant's mother is under some kind of "duress" or is some little frightened thing that I bully (this is very far form true and I am pretty confident that the complainant's mother would very robustly counter suggestions of this). The issue is that it would not be unreasonable for the magistrates to "err on the side of caution" so to speak and take the prosecution argument at face value. Clearly the easiest way for them to settle this argument would be to ask the complainant's mother if she wishes for the condition to still be in place. Their in lies the problem, I would like for the complainant's mother to be available at the hearing for the magistrates to simply ask her (she would be only too pleased to attend I am sure), but my conditions dictate that I cannot contact her. I am thinking about ignoring my bail condition in this regard and writing to the complainant's mother making her aware of the application and inviting her to write to or make herself available for the magistrates on the day in order to support the application or indeed object to it as she sees fit. I appreciate that this is risky since written evidence would be available tha
So I wrote to the court myself to call my accuser to the witness stand. The judge allowed my request after the previous judge would not. The CPS called my defense, "Defense by ambush".
There's no doubt in my mind that my barrister, solicitors, and Crown Prosecution Service have all been in collusion. I mean, you tell me why would my own barrister not want to cross examine my accuser in court.? My barrister said to me "What do you want me to do make her out to be a liar" Well course that's your job to defend me is it not?
I have never had access to justice and my own barrister did not want to cross examine my accuser now what do you make of that.?
Am on bail with very strict conditions such as being on monitoring electric tag and sign I g on twice a week.
I am in my fifties and furious as I know the case will be dropped.I am on a warned list for the case to be heard in October.I had a holiday booked during that time and am upset as will not be able to go.where and how can I get these bail conditions removed my solicitor does not want to help .
Can I do if myself .
The judge who put me on the electric tagging is abated piece of work and was shouting at me in the court.
Please help as a m very distress.
My partner is now in remand for three months in prison. He's got conditions to not contact me however I want to drop the charges but the CPS will not. I want to see him in prison. How can I lift the conditions?
Neither of us can remember what happened as both had too much to drink this has been relayed through a mutual friend. I want my husband home how can I get bail conditions lifted?
Anyhow I was told that he answered to bail but was then bailed again to return at the beginning of September, he has now been put on bail again with the same conditions for the third time too the beginning of November due to the CPS awaiting for my medical records.
My children have also been put on child protection because of all this and I was wondering whether you could give some advice on how long can the police keep putting my husband on bail for like this with no charge.
We have three children one of which is only four months old and who haven't seen their father for the past two months now and by the time November comes will be a total of just over four months. Is there anything that can be done in regards to my husband being able to see his children as even though I understand the situation is serious I don't want for the relationship for my children to be broken down with all this especially for my baby who may not even recognise his father after all this situation as of been away from his father for so long.
No one seems to consider How this is affecting me or the children with how much this is been prolonged, despite how serious this situation is which I totally understand but no one isn't thinking of how like my children should still be able to have a relationship with their father and the fact that I need to discuss things with my husband in regards to the children, our marriage and so forth. It's just causing me more stress than ever.
I would appreciate any advice given.
Thanks
At his hearing, he was granted bail with no conditions that I am aware of after his hearing. However, he was arrested for another offence of being drunk and disorderly in public some time after this, and was again granted bail, but with the condition that he not consume alcohol in public during the period of his bail. On Saturday night (3 Sept 16) he, his girlfriend and some friends were drinking at home. Later that day, they went out to a pub to have dinner. His friends purchased a jug of beer, and they all proceeded to watch a football game on the hotel TV. A police officer later approached my son and asked him for his identity. Once that was confirmed, my son was asked if he'd consumed alcohol. He said he had, but at home. My son was then breath tested outside the hotel, was found to be well over the limit and was arrested. He was taken to Canberra City Police Station and placed in the holding cells, awaiting a hearing before the Magistrate tomorrow.
My son's understanding of his bail conditions was that he was not able to consume alcohol in public ONLY; not that he couldn't consume alcohol at home, then go out publicly. This was not explained properly to him at the time of signing his original bail papers. He was also not causing a public disturbance at the time of his arrest.
My question is: What is likely to happen in court tomorrow considering this is the second time he has breached his bail conditions? Will the Magistrate grant bail with stricter conditions, or will my son be remanded in custody until his court date in October?
I am due to return to the police station on 8th October 2016.
I am currently on liscence for an attempt robbery charge until 11th December. Is this a near on certain call back to prison or could I be given a court date for the former allegations?
Many thanks.
is that possible to challenge police bail? what to do if police don't give any decision when suspect is innocent and kept rebailing again and again for months?
We have a case where someone in our family has been falsely dragged into a huge financial criminal case which is being investigated. Her only link is by association - ie. that she was friends with someone who is being investigated in this case, and the fact that her job was a role which dealt with sensitive information. She was arrested on suspicion of providing this friend with sensitive information and had been released on bail toll Feb 16. Her bail was then extended till Sept 16. It's now been extended till March 17. In the meantime she has just been called in by her employer who had suspended her on full pay - to be notified that her employment has now been terminated because of her ongoing bail. She has 5 days to appeal this termination. We believe the case against her is weak and know that she has not committed these allegations. Can she challenge this continuously prolonged bail? Can she challenge them legally, especially as she has now been let go from her work as a result of her continued bail? If she is cleared, can she then take up a case against her employer? Thank you very much for your help.
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I had a police check for a room in a house as I was homeless and it mentions the assault but says no further action so I assume it is not going further.
Any advice please
As i was the only person in the house i was taken and charged also they took 800 pounds inhad put in a tin that day(i have proof where it came from was my son and my dla (saving up for backdoor fence and new big bouncy castle for my son) anyways at court the following day i signed a bit of paper if i was in trouble for the same thing within 2yrs would stay on my record if not would be wiped so im assuming i got a pf warning does this now mean case closed thanks stay in scotland
My fiance and i both wrote letters communicating through my father, we have both spoken to clerks in the PF's office, my fiance gave a verbal statement over the phone stating the police have blown that days events way out of proportion and attempted to Pervert The Course of justice by asking my fiasnce to give a false statement. I attended court next day after being detained overnightr and my medication for mental being with held from me for over 9 hours even after several attempts of asking for it explaining it was needed.
i appeared at court and was granted bail to my home adress, where my fiance had to move out to a womans refuge until things are sorted, my case was put in front of the judge today and dismissed as i did not attend, no one told me i had to attend and my fiance is going into labour, am i able to attend the birth of my little girl, though it will breach my bail conditions, what may happen ?
However, the Court clearly stated that he is to bailed to his home address... As it is the weekend, and bank holiday Monday is coming up, he will have to wait until Tuesday to go court and change this error, he has notified the police that he is residing at his home address (where bail was granted). Will there be any legal issues? Will this be classified as a breach?
Moreover, we cannot find his passport, is there any alternative? as this was also part of the conditional bail.
Thank you.
Please I need advice and help
If you want to discuss your case feel free to look me up at criminal-appeal-expert.
I'll be happy to help.
GHS
He's been placed on court bail where he can't enter my house can't talk to me directly or indirectly untill the 28th of June.
Is there not anyway that these can changed seeing as we pay rent together live together and are in a relationship?
This was a mistake from the police.. They said there saw something when they didn't..
And the matter is taken completely out my hands?
What do I do?
I have informed the police but they said it's a civil matter and they are not getting involved.
I have informed that small claims judge that I will not be attending the hearing due to his bail conditions and not to mention I do not want to be anywhere near him. I am very happy to attend on an alternative date, without my ex being there. The judge has replied to say there is no reason for him to believe that my ex is on bail. Can my ex apply for a small claims hearing whilst on police bail? And if I attend surely that would be a breach of his bail conditions and I would be in trouble for this?
Your advice will be greatly received, thank you.
I am currently on bail but with a curfew. I Can't leave the house between 7-7. I have been on this now for 17 weeks with still no word of a court date to even go up and plead. The police have came to my door and even they have mentioned that I have been on this for a very long time especially with no court date in sight. Is there any time restrictions for curfews or is it a case of I need to wait until court even if it takes another 6 months? Can I also ask why a court gives bail but puts a curfew in place. What are the circumstances why they would do this. Thanks in advance
Regard
Ibrahim
There must be a way to lift the no bail hold from 1 county, while hes locked up in another county that will giv him bail if it wasn't for that stupid hold.
I have today been offered a job and wondered how I go about changing my bail conditions. My solicitor is dragging their feet until legal aid is granted but I am due to start work in a week.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
before answering my bail i did have a curfew for 5 months, but i was released and signed with no conditions,?
can they now say that i am being put back on conditions???
I was arrested in scotland for domestic offence as i throw room temperature water on my wife and i had to travel back asia because my dad had heart attack and could not have any valid visa to travel back but i informed my laywer , court give me extention but i could not get visa in that time and my warrant was issued, even my wife wrote a letter to procecutor fiscal that she is taking back her statement but still my warrant is issued, and now i have got my visa after 7 8 months and have to travel back to uk? so i ll be arrested on site? as i am traveling from birmingham and case was made in scotland ? and i have asked to my lawyer to withdraw warrant but he is not also sure for withdraw of warrant? so what i should do?
Any advice appreciated, I'm struggling to cope without seeing my partner or even getting to say hello!
second time i hurt my girlfriend
3rd time i punch my girlfriend and broke nose
i been abusive to her 3 times in row . we have a child . i dont think i have alcholic problem but i still get aggressive when drunk.do you think this time i get out of jail or stay in
i am in jail should i stay or get out
This is my first crime please help
I broke up with an abusive ex at Christmas last year and since then have been harassed by him with constant texts (so i changed my number), emails - which were threatening , he contacted me through dating sites so I blocked him and he would just make new accounts to contact me again, he would turn up at my friends work (shes a barmaid) asking questions about me, he would text this friend asking about me and last month he came to my house in a drug induced state demanding to get in and see me. The police were called and since then I have given statements against him which the police used to arrest him for assault while I was with him and harassment since I left. My ex denied all of the above and I am waiting for a court decision. While I wait for this decision my ex was released on police bail where one of his conditions is to not enter the county that I live in. My ex has been seen in my town since this bail condition has been set and I have reported to the police but nothing seems to have happened to him. I am in fear of my safety and if my ex isn't going to abide to police bail conditions then this is very worrying that the police don't seem to be enforcing anything further on him. What can I do? Should the police be taking this more seriously that he has breached his bail conditions? Thank you for any help or advice someone can give me.
My husband was arrested two days ago. Pme coz he apparently beat me up( he didn't some busybody said he did however and that was enough for them to believe) and second he had court the day before and the judge had ordered a electronic tag but my hubby said that the address he is staying at might not allow it. So he attented court once again for breach of bail conditions and asked for the tag at my address which was denied as I was a victim and a battered wife, even though I told them everything, so he would not be allowed near me. This essentially is what led to him being remanded.
My question is now that obviously there is no such case of battery can he re apply for bail whilst on remand at my address? Thepolice have destroyed my family as has the lying scumbag claiming I was being beaten black and blue inmy vehicle. Thanks I am sorely disappointed and shocked at the so called justice system in this country its a farce. Sometimes I wish the law was at the receiving end of its own bull.
My dad got arrested and pleaded guilty first time itself in magistrate court. Court had categorised the sexual assault into category 2 B and sent case to crown court. My dad is in UK on 6 month visitor visa expiring in Nov 2015. Can he receive sentence longer than his visa validity. If yes how to sort out his visa extension as UKBA rules does not allow a visitor for more than 6 months. Please advise.
My dad was arrested and pleaded guilty first time itself in magistrate court. Court has categorized the sexual assault as category 2 B and sent case to crown court. We are yet to get a date from crown court. My dad is on visitor visa in UK and his 6 month visa expires on Nov 2015. Can he get a sentence duration longer than his visa expiry date?. If he is sentences for longer duration how to sort the visa extension. As per UKBA rules visitor can not stay beyond 3 weeks. Please advise.
She was rebailed till the end of this week but had a call from aresting officer to say don't answer bail as they still not have paperwork back . They will be in touch soon.
No date given or any bail restictions if fact they only have a telephone number no Address for her.
My question is how long do she wait for them to contact her. She in a mess at the moment not knowing what's going on.
The police were called but he ran off before they arrived.
I gave a statement and so did my friend.
Plus an ambulance looked at the lump on my head.
He came back in the morning and we headed back to England, working things out.
6 week has passed and there is a warrant for his arrest in Scotland, he handed himself in near us in England and now I've heard nothing all day.
What is next?
1. Could he be arrested for barging into a back stage area with the wrong pass? If not, could you suggested how offensive he'd have to be to get arrested? It would be like his character to be drunk and disorderly.
2. As for bail... I'm wondering how you can pay bail in the UK. Perhaps he doesn't have enough money and has to call his his girlfriend in America to ask for money? (May not be necessary if he could use a credit card, but it will work better if he has to call her!)
3. How long might he typically have to stay in the UK after this? Is there always a court appearance? I could send him back later in the summer during the Fringe festival. If he has to stay in the UK it will be more difficult to write.
Thank you so much. I'm at a bit of a loss for these answers and I'm not finding the correct info with google searches.
can you tell me how to uplift the bail conditions from the yos team as I would like to have a relationship with my son.
I have been charged with culpable & reckless conduct for something that was accidentally done under the influence of alcohol and not a deliberate or malicious act. I am on bail until November and am not allowed in the city centre from certain times in licensed premises. Do you think my court date will go ahead on the date I have been given? Will this go on my criminal record? I'm really scared, I have never been in trouble with the police! Thanks!
What should we do as we have waited and are now concurred that this will go against him!
Do we call 999 as we don't have a contact number to call the right people???
Thanks Alex
I didn't get in touch with the solicitor as at the time I thought the whole thing was a joke and would just possibly expect a fine in the post. This wasn't the case I havent heard nothing from the court house and this was 2 years ago. What would my situation be and how can I go about amending it?
The arrested party may have restrictions to leave to see the kids and the wife.
Also can you to called back to custody for while on bail?
He's going to be charged with assault. Will he be arrested again when he turns up on the 31st? Will it go against him that he's lied about being in work and also breaking bail?
I have been on bail for the past 5 months since I was bailed out from custody on remand. I have not broken any of my bail conditions since I've been out and recently I got a job offer in london. I want to change my bail address back to London and had the hearing two days ago. The cps don't allow me but I feel that I have proved i can stick to the bail conditions and it will be unfair for me to be granted bail at my actually home address in London. The judge reserved the hearing for two days for the decision. My solicitor also added more conditions such as signing on to the police station weekly and drop my curfew time to 7. Should the judge allow me to live back at my normal address in london? I haven't breached anything and believe have proved i can stick to my conditions.
I was interviewed by the police on Wednesday accused of 2 assaults I was free to go pending cps desision I'm not aloud to contact my ex partner who has made the claims but she is using friends to mesage me and tell me she is in hospital having problems cuz she apparently pregnant ... I'm getting message after message what should I do
my family, his family, all abroad, begged me to drop the charges. I personally want to drop the charges and remove the condition
how is it possible to remove the condition of him not allowed to contact me so we can meet and talk over the whole thing to forgive him and provide him with a second chance to resume his life, access employment and start a fresh?
how do I go about dropping the charges? since I do not want him to go to prison for this minor assault.
how is it possible to remove the condition ( not allowed to contact me or come near my address)?
However she had booked a holiday abroad before she was arrested, which is booked for July. What is best for her to do? Can she travel?
and what are my options here? can police actually arrest and detain for none crime case?
Thanks
We had a baby who is only 6 months old and I have returned to work full time but he didn't mention any of this in his bail application as he thought I wouldn't take him back after he got arrested. I am now really struggling and understand he may get convicted and sent back, but is it possible his responsibilities could help grant him
Bail if he appealed? Even 3 months would suffice till atleast the baby is a little older and I can arrange something else with work and children?
This was a voluntary decision by me, with tears and 'sorry but for the best' from my wife.
10 minutes later she called the police and next day had the locks changed with, according to her, 'the police in attendance'.
What are my rights here? - I have been out of my home for over 2 weeks, cannot trade properly, etc
I pose no threat to my wife or children but appreciate this is a difficult situation.
BUT I feel I have been deceived to leave as an act of co-operation then 'lock-out'
Thank you
Thanks for reading
thank you.
It is not part of the court bail condition, can I get my passport back?
His bail conditions were not to contact me directly or indirectly and he's been warned to avoid places he knows i'm likely to be. And he hasnt technically broken these conditions - just failed to attend the police station to be rebailed...
I had my passport confiscated by court for bail conditions. I have now had the case dealt with and disposed of, should the court automatically return my passport now?
She has been released on bail and not charged with anything. The police said that the guy was happy to accept reimbursement for the machine, but he has since not contacted my sister.
This all seems rather ridiculous over a cheap karaoke machine. My sister is still on bail and is frightened to do anything in case it makes the situation worse (for example, call the police and ask why this DJ hasn't contacted her). I think she's in a bit of denial.
I was wondering what the best course of action would be?
He assaulted my partner earlier that day and she is pregnant the copper bypassed that major fact as this would be the grounds for the foundation of the whole matter upon hearing it could go to court I reminded him about her wishing to press charges, he then said she would have to report it in usual way,
Upon ringing to report crime they have stated the officer should of taken her statement from beginning,
My partner is my carer and she wasn't allowed to be an appropriate person nor give a statement at all stating he wants to keep it impartial,
Due to statements not working out and no marks. What's the chances of court and has this officer breached any law / misconduct
Also, I have had a notice to attend court, to which I called them and told them that I would not co operate with them and that I would not be attending. If I am summons, is it correct that I actually don't have to say anything in court?
Any help would be really appreciated.
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Saying that, the matrimonial home is under my name as is the mortgage for the last 17 years.
Considering the property & mortgage is solely under my name should these bail conditions still be applied..? Should my partner seek alternative accommadation.?
I was just wondering as hes been to prison
Before for fighting and other offences
Are they more than likly to bail him.or keep
Him in custody as if he gets out on bail
He will either hurt me again or get someone
Else to do it. I have photos of my face and neck
I dont no if thats enough evidence .
And iv got some messages from him saying hes sorry
For doin it .
I dont know what to do this guy is a phsyco im scared
To go out incase hes got anyone else to hurt me too .
Bruising my face and strangled me to the point i couldnt breathe
Hes got bipolar and a peronality disorder.
I havebt been to the police because im too scared he wil
Come back and do it again as he said he will kill.meand
My famiky. Hes got a really bas criminal record too
I was just wondering what will happen to him
If i do ring up the police ?
Thanks in advance.
My ex has been bailed out of the house for domestic violence. A few of his conditions are not contacting me or meeting me. He did contact me about 5 weeks ago and convinced me into meeting him. I've also texted him, in between. It was a stupid mistake and I regret it. Now the court appointment about these assaults is in two weeks and I am worried he maybe told his solicitor that I've texted him but left out, that he contacted me first and met up with me. So I was going to tell the police about this today. Now I was wondering, as he breached his bail conditions at the time 5 weeks ago, can the police still arrest him for this even though it's been a few weeks ago?
I hope you can help me. Thank you very much!
I live in Wales and would like to know if I can attend to answer the bail at my local police station?
How and who do I ring to speak to , without bail refence ?
And find somewhere else to live in the meantime but are unfortunately unable to stay for the
Hole duration of bail at this alternative address then become homeless,
with no money or food etc how can they be re-arrested voluntalary so that they can go to prison because there is no where else for them to go and no one to help ! Ive tried they wont help him ! He is actualy braking his bail terms due to having no where else to go .... ? Its far too cold to live on the streets fir someone who has sufferd with depression/been sucidal on two occasions and yet still been released ? Also hows this person supposed to pick up prescriptions without arrest fron his doctors ?
Also, I hear that he is hiding at a friends and wonder if they could get into trouble for housing him?
There was no disclosure of the offence against a child, and no one checked there were children in the building.
So my next question is
What has the greatest standing?
The need to hide the pre charge bail offense so the offender can have a normal life OR The need to disclose to be able to safeguard children.
Is there any way that I can find out whether he has been formally charged or not?
Is this information made public?
Many thanks.
He denied everything, but he has been known for his violence in his past years and has a few records to prove this
This was not the first time he assaulted me but I dropped the charges before. He was on bail staying at another address, then he found a job and moved up North, then he failed to turn up for his court date, a warrant was out for his arrest and now is in police custody until he has a court date
If he pleads not guilty then this case will go to trial( to which I really dread facing)
If he pleads guilty ....what could happen
Is there a chance he could be sent to prison?????
Now I still haven't heard any news or letter from them. What should I do?
I was given police bail for as yet un charged offence. the conditions of bail were to attend every weds and not to make contact with the guy who called the police. that's fine. but I live here in spain my work is here my home is here as is my wife who would not have been able to manage the house in my absents! I have no finances in the uk and would not of been able to stay there. I explained this to the police on my first visit but was just fobbed off with a NO. so I left and returned to spain. now my surrender date is on the 9th I intend to return (although flight times make it impossible to get there on time) will I be arrested at the airport or will I have to hand myself in?
I'm a italian lawyer, I'd need to kwon if and how, in England, the court deducts the days that a person spent on bail with condictions (report to police station three times a week; curfew for 12 hours obbligation to live at a specific address)
Thansk in advance
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