by Zebee Johnstone <zebeej@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 14, 2008 at 02:16 AM
In aus.bicycle on Wed, 14 May 2008 11:34:46 +1000
Dinsdale Pirana <Dinsdale@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> That seems a very minor charge compared with an attempt to harm
> somebody.. The defence that he was scared by a mob of angry cyclists
> might stand up - though he was a bouncer and did he re****t the
> accident to the police before they found him?
>
They charge with what they think they can get to stick.
Failing to stop is obviously an easy one. No contest.
Anything that requires intent, that's much much harder. It might be
that the prosecutor's office is useless (it has been said before) or
it might be that the witness statements are bitty enough or
contradictory enough that they don't think they can make anything more
stick.
Or maybe they want to hit him with this now to shut everyone up while
they work on other charges for later.
My money's on "he says one thing, they say another, given what we have
a good defence counsel will raise enough doubt that it's just not
worth it."
Zebee
