Bail v Remand

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Royboy39

That is a very good point....Magistates are paid by the Crown to do a service for the community......If a serious offender is caught on Friday or Saturday night...why not make them appear in court the following day?
If you are in control of a business and a problem occurs, no matter what time of the day or night, you deal with it....why not Magistrates?

Nah, if a serious offender is caught on a Friday, let the sucker sit in the bucket until the first available bail court. And if I were arrested on a Friday, I would rather wait until Moday ... after all, who wants to face a magistrate all po'd because he has to miss his golf game.

[mthead]

Originally Posted by Eric

Nah, if a serious offender is caught on a Friday, let the sucker sit in the bucket until the first available bail court. And if I were arrested on a Friday, I would rather wait until Moday ... after all, who wants to face a magistrate all po'd because he has to miss his golf game.

LOL or rough from the beer night before LOL

[Royboy39]

Originally Posted by Eric

Nah, if a serious offender is caught on a Friday, let the sucker sit in the bucket until the first available bail court. And if I were arrested on a Friday, I would rather wait until Moday ... after all, who wants to face a magistrate all po'd because he has to miss his golf game.

Eric...the point we are trying to make is....because of the current system these tossers will not be locked up for the weekend...they will be bailed...and that is the problem.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by mthead

I know but believe me it happens.Could name instances but wont LOL

thats my point mt its bloody ridiculous waste of taxpayers money, but whats new?

[jambutty]

Originally Posted by Eric

Compensation ... you gotta be kidding But I guess you aren't .... but aren't bail hearings held the next day after the arrest? I just like the simple old-fashioned way: legislators make the laws, police bust people, courts judge them .... and the appeal courts and the Supreme Court keep an eye on the whole process. A clear division of powers and responsibilites.

If you are falsely arrested and kept incommunicado for a period of time and then not charged you are in theory entitled to compensation.

Bail hearings are only held if the defendant has been charged with an offence and asks for bail, through his solicitor. The hearing usually take place at the next available Magistrates session.

[mthead]

Originally Posted by Royboy39

Eric...the point we are trying to make is....because of the current system these tossers will not be locked up for the weekend...they will be bailed...and that is the problem.

Yes but like i said earlier,what if these tossers are innocent and choose to go for compensation for wrongfull arrest? Then it costs more than the keeping them in food etc .

[steeljack]

thanks for the responses , I guess its been explained , so now there are Two types of Bail , 1 Police Bail .....where no charges are required , just suspicion . 2 Court Bail , imposed by the Magistrate, after a peson is charged and before trial .

Don't think I approve of Police Bail , just in the interests of fairness its tipping the scales to one side

[mthead]

Originally Posted by steeljack

thanks for the responses , I guess its been explained , so now there are Two types of Bail , 1 Police Bail .....where no charges are required , just suspicion . 2 Court Bail , imposed by the Magistrate, after a peson is charged and before trial .

Don't think I approve of Police Bail , just in the interests of fairness its tipping the scales to one side

But like me and Jambutty said what happens if the accused are innocent then its more tax payers money down the swanny?

[cashman]

the police always gave ya bail fer drunk n dizzy, to appear in court usually 1 month later.

[mthead]

Originally Posted by cashman

the police always gave ya bail fer drunk n dizzy, to appear in court usually 1 month later.

LOL been caught on that one but never went to court lol