The_Phantom 2:59 Thu Aug 4
Jury Service
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Just been summoned to do this for the first time in my life.
Am 50+ and was hoping I'd swerve it.
Any of the fine people of WHO done it and can give me any tips, either on how to get out of it or how to survive it ?
Any amusing stories to tell about doing it ?
Like West Ham recently, the defence rests.
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The_Phantom
1:10 Sat Oct 15
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Have done it now.
Old Bailey no less.
Surprisingly I loved it and would do it again.
One case (it's all over so I'm allowed to talk about it ) was about an "alleged" robbery in Bromley
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Bouncing Ludo
12:05 Sat Oct 15
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Did this about 20 years ago, and one of the 3 cases I did involved an "assault" in Green Street on a Liverpool supporter.
Funniest thing of the whole case was the Liverpool supporter was brought down from merseyside to answer about 5 minutes of questions.
He'd left Liverpool at 8 that morning, got the train down, stopped in a pub at Kings Cross, then a pub at Upton Park, and in all that time had only drunk 3 pints. In fact every witness for both sides who'd been drinking had only drunk 3 pints.
Not guilty obviously. Nothing to do with loyalties, it was clearly a made up case by the police who wouldn't back down once they realised they'd made a mistake.
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Dr Congo
1:36 Sat Oct 15
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Called up a few years ago. Hung around all day one and the next two mornings - fortunately I lived within walking distance - sent home and told to phone in each morning, discharged early in week two.
Employer covered my wages, nightmare for anyone self-employed and earning above the measly allowance.
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mike hunt
12:22 Sat Oct 15
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just dont answer the call up letter
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Browno22
11:47 Fri Oct 14
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Done this when I was 19 around 2006. Loved it
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bruuuno
10:40 Fri Oct 14
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When I was 18 I had a good mate who was a total scatty arsed space cadet was always doing acid or snorting speed or doing bongs for breakfast the fucker only got summoned for jury service much to our amusement. Poor fucker didnt know what had hit him and almost got sent away himself for turning late/off his nut.
I wouldn't have trusted him to find his own bollocks yet he was in charge of some poor fuckers future
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violator
11:14 Fri Aug 5
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I was only 10 minutes drive away from the court, one day the judge gave us a 2 hour lunch so I fucked off home and watched, erm, loose women.
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Bungo
11:04 Fri Aug 5
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BubblesCyprus 3:36 Thu Aug 4
I meant..
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Bungo
11:03 Fri Aug 5
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E3 2JG
Interesting. I wonder how they'd view it if you turned up wearing your best Hitler fancy dress?
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Far Cough
11:01 Fri Aug 5
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Spandex Sidney 3:42 Thu Aug 4
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Can you imagine having to do this in the days of capital punishment.
I could never sanction anyone being killed, maybe that's why they got rid?
One of the reasons they got rid, was blatantly executing innocent people
Google Timothy Evans for one of the reasons
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BubblesCyprus
10:56 Fri Aug 5
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Assume it is the same today but was paid all travel expenses by Public Transport made a few bob driving my own car and 4/5 other jurors every day who gave me thier travel expenses! Coppers/Pennies in this day and age but at the time was very handy additional income for two months!!
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Pancho
11:45 Thu Aug 4
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Did it and loved it. Had a nasty case of assault in Greenwich. He went down and found out he'd been abused as a kid and foster homes.
I didn't hear it but some woman on the jury said as he went away that all the jury were "getting fucking done"
Still waiting.
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Worst Case Ontario
7:42 Thu Aug 4
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JACK1 -
Do you have civil jury trials in England?
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DukeofDevo
7:40 Thu Aug 4
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Definitely do it, it's your social responsibility
Watching the barristers go about there business is pure theatre and you get the chance to put some scumbags away!
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DocMarten
7:35 Thu Aug 4
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I considered trying to serve it when called up earlier tHis year.
I thought I'd be sitting on my arse watching the clock with arm loads of books. In fact, it was a most enjoyable and very enlightening experience. The real plus, was the opportunity to mix with people I normally wouldn't in general simply because my social circle tends to be my peers.
Embrace the opportunity to uphold a great democratic process and you'll enjoy it. IMO
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JACK1
6:35 Thu Aug 4
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just seen this
i know you get paid a pittance for this but ( just in case you have a Credit card or 2 and /or any insurance policies they some times have little clauses in them which pay 30 quid a day if you are called up for jury service
Just saying like might be worth a check to earn a few extra quid !
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joe blob
4:52 Thu Aug 4
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When you consider how difficult it must be to find enough evidence to proceed with a case, all jurors should as public spirited citizens find every defendant guilty. They would not be in court if there was any doubt. My sympathies are for victims and not criminals.
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BubblesCyprus
4:33 Thu Aug 4
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Reason for the ''all white'' jury on mine was the defendant's had kicked shit out of an Asian guy on one thier robberies.
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Grumpster
3:49 Thu Aug 4
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My mum got a gang rape case at Snaresbrook.
All black chaps and every single juror got a death threat from various places ie probably a load of blokes part of the rape who weren't caught and so it was a police ride back home for all of them every night.
She found it boring as fuck, but was happy they were all found guilty as she's a daft old racist.
She was in her 60's then.
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violator
3:42 Thu Aug 4
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My one got 13, and I had to be the foreman as well cos all the others were cacking themselves, although to be fair I did have a trot to my car when I left.
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