Emma on Way to court
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Cycling Dan
Cycle Crazy
Even if she is found guility going off the past £10 fine, £20 at a push.
you think?
"Failing to stop after an accident". that's pretty serious. She may not go to prison, But she will have a criminal record.
Cycling Dan
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Lanzecki
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And her admitting to the public that she had
I'm not sure how she can dispute the sequence of events.
She'll get a fine and the judge will be very disappointed with her. If she get's hit too hard it'll go to appeal that probably won't get heard about in the newspapers.
What might really hurt is that shes training to be an accountant. I'm not sure if she can be one if she has a criminal record? Anyone?
Boris Bajic
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I thought it was the same as the rules governing entry into Australia: A criminal record is prerequisite.
This case and the archly stupid JUnior Crime Commissioner who tweeted horse poo are excellent demonstrations of how a good lawyer and some media massage can wholly or partly turn an embarrassing defeat into a narrow escape (in terms of public opinion).
Both did the weepy, Diana-eyed non-apology thing on TV-AM or similar and said how these unwise actions were just the normal things a lot of young people do. Absolutely brilliant - and for most casual viewers completely successful.
I and many people I know find both young women behaved disgracefully (and the bicycle-hitter criminally), but most people forgot this months ago.
Anyone can say they are an accountant - it's not a protected job title.
However, to join the Institute of Chartered Accountants you do need to declare all criminal convictions. Whether that will bar you from becoming a member depends on the crime. Details are not specified, but I would imagine crimes of dishonesty would rule you out, whereas motoring convictions may not be an issue to membership.
dodd82
Well-Known Member
What really irritates me about this girl is that the only thing she ever said sorry for was tweeting!
Er... how about apologising for the fact that you hit someone with your car, and then laughed about it? How about taking a long hard look at yourself, if you think that's not morally reprehensible?
What an awful human being.
I really think she still doesn't get it!
Er... how about apologising for the fact that you hit someone with your car, and then laughed about it? How about taking a long hard look at yourself, if you think that's not morally reprehensible?
What an awful human being.
I really think she still doesn't get it!
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glenn forger
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That would have been her legal advice, to be fair.
Lanzecki
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Good answer. I kinda suspected that. So while careless driving won't stop her, being found guilty of lying in court would.
That said she's never denied hitting the cyclist. She has blamed it on everything and everyone else, and claimed the cyclist wasn't knocked off after she hit him, but she's never denied it happened, or has attempted to hide the truth.
Anyway, 21 years old, and want to be an accountant? Something's wrong there.
GrumpyGregry
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I hit a cyclist this morning. Does that make me a bad person?
Frood42
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Yourself in a clipless moment..?
Lanzecki
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- A Boreen, Ireland
