Assessment for capacity to plead
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My person was in magistrates court this week. He has been charged with possession of a handful of Cat C images, but there is also still as far as I can tell an ongoing investigation into potentially much more serious communication offences that have not yet been charged.
Its quite difficult to get information from him as we dont live nearby (he is not a direct relative) and as he has autism its difficult to get much coherent information from him as he either doesnt take it in or doesnt understand or for whatever reason cant communicate it to us.
He has now told me that after his court appearance this week his case has been adjourned to the high court in a few weeks time, and that there will be an assessment of his capacity to plead.
Has anyone come across this before? What does it mean for him?
Also, from what Ive read, it would be unusual for a case involving this small a number of Cat C images to go to the crown court. I cant work out what this actually means for his case.
Any expereicne welcome!
Its quite difficult to get information from him as we dont live nearby (he is not a direct relative) and as he has autism its difficult to get much coherent information from him as he either doesnt take it in or doesnt understand or for whatever reason cant communicate it to us.
He has now told me that after his court appearance this week his case has been adjourned to the high court in a few weeks time, and that there will be an assessment of his capacity to plead.
Has anyone come across this before? What does it mean for him?
Also, from what Ive read, it would be unusual for a case involving this small a number of Cat C images to go to the crown court. I cant work out what this actually means for his case.
Any expereicne welcome!
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Capacity to plead is about whether he is able to understand the charges enough to enter a guilty or not guilty.
It's true that a small number of Cat C images may not go to the crown court, but it really depends on what the magistrate decides to do.
It's true that a small number of Cat C images may not go to the crown court, but it really depends on what the magistrate decides to do.