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Offline NorthumBryan

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Jury duty
« on: March 12, 2022, 11:46:15 AM »
As the topic suggests I've been 'fortunate' enough to be selected for jury duty starting on Monday. Not looking forward to it but hey ho - I have zero choice in the matter. I shall let you know how I get on. Anyone here done it before ?
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Re: Jury duty
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2022, 02:08:17 PM »
 I have done it but quite a few years ago now,  very boring take a book with you as there is a lot of waiting around, and some days you might not even get called  :bang:
From memory they make up what you lose at work.

You might be lucky to get on a juicy case but obviously you can not talk about it  :thumb:
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Re: Jury duty
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2022, 06:59:45 PM »
I've been told by several people to take a book and I've got a few backed up as we've not really been on holiday for two years due to the pandemic. i'll be happy when it's over...
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Re: Jury duty
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2022, 07:38:30 PM »
First dull and rather monotonous day over. I dodged a bullet and avoided a case likely to run for 12 weeks  :no:
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Re: Jury duty
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2022, 07:50:51 PM »
You definitely dogged a bullet there then  :)))

I hope tomorrow is a better day for you  :thumb:
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Re: Jury duty
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2022, 08:10:15 AM »
Cheers it should be and I've got a lie in - 11;15 start today. Should have stuck in at school and been a judge...
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Re: Jury duty
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2022, 07:20:08 AM »
It's day 4 and what a p155 take this is ! I've been in court for a total of around two hours in three days, unbelievable. The lack of basic time and room management and general organisation is staggering. No wonder our legal system costs so much, it needs a thorough top to bottom shake up. I've even finished my book, that would normally last a week on 'oliday....
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Re: Jury duty
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2022, 09:29:53 AM »
 lol I did say there was a awful lot of hanging about, I see it hasent changed then I was the same when I last had to do it, I remember we got called in to a case after hours of waiting only for the police to have forgotten to bring the piece of evidence with them  lol
You couldn’t have made it up  lol
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Re: Jury duty
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2022, 07:41:37 AM »
Fingers crossed today is the last day. We've got summing up and then deliberation, hopefully everyone's been watching the same trial as me ! The jammy sod's on another jury got discharged yesterday and don't have to come back next week. I hope we're finished by close of play tonight. I really don't know how the jury on the murder case (10 people on trial) will last for around 12 weeks - poor sods.
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Re: Jury duty
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2022, 04:35:54 PM »
The ordeal is over and I don't have to go back for the second week, who hoo. I got the chance to play a part in finding a vile, paedophile scumbag 'guilty of all charges' AND see the look on his face when the verdict was read out. I have to be honest and say it was almost worth all the messing about for that moment alone. I hope that is my one and only time I have to do jury duty...
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Re: Jury duty
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2022, 08:54:27 AM »
Glad you haven’t got to go back next week, and what a great result  :thumb:
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Re: Jury duty
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2022, 06:59:26 PM »
Glad the waiting was worthwhile with a positive result to finish with.  :thumb:
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Re: Jury duty
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2022, 08:17:58 AM »
Cheers fellers, it was a bit grim at times and I am really pleased it's out of the way, but I will look back on it positively as a good experience overall  :thumb:
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Re: Jury duty
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2022, 10:46:54 PM »
If you'd been quicker off the mark and committed a small crime leading to an arrest and a minimum of a caution, you'd have been excluded from jury duty  :whistle:
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