wutang wrote:Ali wrote:Wu, he didn't jail her because she didn't turn up once, he jailed her after she didn't turn up the second time even after saying she would.
And the reason she didnt turn up the second time (which was the next day) was for the same reason she didnt turn up the first time - the trauma and distress she was going through. Its doesnt take an idiot to say 'this woman is in distress lets not make this worse by jailing her for a week. Lets show some fucking humanity on this one'.Ali wrote:I bet the whole debacle gave the defendant a great laugh
So not only is the victim at fault for being pyschologically scared, distressed, and feeling unable to take the stand, after a horrific injury, but she is guilty of giving the attacker a laugh. Talk about victim blaming.
But the defendents biggest laugh was for the 15month sentence!!!!!!!! this after blagging his way through one trial, and attempted to do the same in the second (until this brave woman decided to take the stand) with the defense 'this bitch stabbed herself', before turning round and saying' LOL, only joking. I plunged that knife into her. 'Unlawful wounding' your honour'. Not much contempt there I see. What Judge gave that sentence - when he could have dished out 5 years? oh yeah the same one who jailed this woman for contempt
Wutang, she had a warrant against her, is it called a suphoena or something like that? She was obliged to appear whether she wanted to or not. She was jailed for ignoring a legal order to appear in court.
5 years or so ago Wu I was a witness in a murder trial. As it turned out the prosecution accepted a manslaughter plea a couple of weeks before the trial was due to go ahead so giving evidence wasn't necessary, but I do recall the letter from the courts basically ordering me to appear to give evidence.