Mad Dog anti EU wrote:

Do not mind me asking but I thought someone disabled could take someone with
them at discount.

yes I thought so too. but only on BR, not on underground.


That will not matter one iota, where is it being dealt with, a Petty
Sessional court ?

Magistrates ?


no idea,, dont know much about courts..


Get a solicitor and a medical letter off your doctor and get an ajournment.
At a court there is always a duty solicitor available for those without
legal advice. He needs to tell the court Usher when he checks in that he
requires to see the duty solicitor. This is normal practice, he/she will
then work out whether your carer can plead not guilty and get away with it,
and will therefore ask for an adjournment.

this has been done.. now we just await the outcome..


He must say as he is disabled himself he could see no harm at all.


You must play on your disability and also must your carer. Tell your doctor
that you have been suffering with anxiety and depression and a lack of
sleep. Tell your carer to make out his nerves were bad and that he felt he
was having a nervous breakdown.

I once knew a teacher who had a breakdown and was blagging his way on trains
due to his illness. The court will take this into consideration, it is
really nothing to worry about.

It is possible to plead not guilty to an offense like this and escape
without a criminal record. What he will get is a binding over to keep the
peace or conditional discharge as long as the complainant is reimbursed.
This would be agreed upon as it is only trivial, he has no criminal record
and it will save a lot of time.

| | ruth

Do not worry about this because it is nothing, just get a solicitor for your
friend and apply for legal aid, the solicitor will do that for you.


Thankyou at least someone who isnt so impolite to judge people they
dont know. I never have blagged on trains..(probably because I cant
actually get on one!)_ we havent used a solicitor but i have written a
hopefully decent letter which will be viewed more sympathetically than
by the majority in this group!!

ruth