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Hi Anxious, I attended magistrates court with my person but remained in the waiting room when he went in. He met with his solicitor before he went into the court room and they talked through the plea. My person only had to give his name etc and to tell them he was pleading guilty. The prosecution outlined what had happened and his solicitor asked for the case to be sent to crown court. It lasted no longer than 30 minutes and was possibly as short as 20 minutes.

I have been to all appearances as oh has pleaded not guilty its been very short and not much detail at all, last Tuesday was supposed to be trial but it got adjourned as other cases were ongoing we now have to wait until November

I accompanied my now ex for his plea hearing in Magistrates. We got to the courthouse a bit early to wait for his solicitor, and had a quick half hour talking with him about the pleas. My ex discussed some discrepancies with the CPS evidence, so he ended up pleading guilty to some charges and no plea to a few others. Thankfully there weren't many people in the public gallery, and they didn't appear to be journalists. He had three older women magistrates presiding like matriarchs! The hearing was short, about half an hour, and they seemed concerned about his bail conditions, but because his charges were non-contact, they were pretty lenient. They did decide it had to go to Crown Court. This was also when we found out he had been chatting to an undercover police officer, not a father of a young girl.

How did the plea hearing go? We have ours coming up in a couple of weeks, nervous and wondering whether to go or not. Wanting to show support for my oh but not sure if it counts as support at this stage or whether I'd just be traumatising myself