Jury Duty

I got summonsed for jury duty week commencing 20/09 but I have a wedding to go to so I've deferred it until February next year.

It really depends what case you get. I served on 2 cases. One was a drug dealer the other was 2 bouncers battering some lads outside a bar. The drug dealer one was pretty boring, the one with the bouncers was pretty interesting.

I nearly ended up on this case:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9223479/Two-teenage-girls-tortured-murdered-vulnerable-woman-home-NEVER-named.html

I went into court and saw the girls and heard the outline of the case, but wasn't one of the sleceted jurors in the end. I was half glad and half gutted. It would have been interesting, but the case lasted a long time and it'd have been pretty shocking hearing how they tortured and killed a vulnerable person.

comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 5 hours, 40 minutes ago
I don't mind going and, as I won't be losing out financially as I'll still get paid by work, I don't mind going. I just found it strange how loads of people I know suddenly got summoned. I suppose there's a backlog with cases with Covid.

I can't imagine it'll be a very juicy case as nothing too major usually happens around here but you never know.
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You could get a case from somewhere else rather than local. They sometimes move cases out of the area where it was committed for safety and fair trial reasons.

I was on Jury Duty early this year, to be honest, I really enjoyed it. Although, I was in an Odeon Luxe cinema rather than the court room.

The only downside is finding out that a lot of people on the Jury are dimwits.

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 6 hours, 27 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 55 seconds ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 9 seconds ago

I can't imagine it'll be a very juicy case as nothing too major usually happens around here
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inserts joke about b()mming of sheep
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You eat them afterwards though...
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(If you mis-read that comment, you might conclude that Diafol is a very considerate lover.)
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Darren Feltcher

comment by Elvis: King of Cult (U7425)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 5 hours, 40 minutes ago
I don't mind going and, as I won't be losing out financially as I'll still get paid by work, I don't mind going. I just found it strange how loads of people I know suddenly got summoned. I suppose there's a backlog with cases with Covid.

I can't imagine it'll be a very juicy case as nothing too major usually happens around here but you never know.
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You could get a case from somewhere else rather than local. They sometimes move cases out of the area where it was committed for safety and fair trial reasons.
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That's a possibility too isn't it.

I suppose the issue we have here is that it's not very densely populated so, even though the court I'm attending is 40 miles away, I could know the person.

comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by Elvis: King of Cult (U7425)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 5 hours, 40 minutes ago
I don't mind going and, as I won't be losing out financially as I'll still get paid by work, I don't mind going. I just found it strange how loads of people I know suddenly got summoned. I suppose there's a backlog with cases with Covid.

I can't imagine it'll be a very juicy case as nothing too major usually happens around here but you never know.
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You could get a case from somewhere else rather than local. They sometimes move cases out of the area where it was committed for safety and fair trial reasons.
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That's a possibility too isn't it.

I suppose the issue we have here is that it's not very densely populated so, even though the court I'm attending is 40 miles away, I could know the person.
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In which case you can't be part of the trial. They always ask you if you know anyone involved. I had a bit of a funny one in the middle of the drugs trial I was in the jury for. The lad who had been busted with a sports bag full of weed said that a drug dealer had passed him the bag a few minutes before he was busted with it. He gave the name of this supposed dealer and it was the same name of a lad that I know who is a dealer! Just a coincidence and the lad was lying anyway, but stopped me in my tracks for a minute.

I have never been selected to do Jury duty, I know many people who have, but never myself. As a self employed person (never had a job) I was always told that it wouldn't be a good thing... but I have always loved to have a go.

comment by Elvis: King of Cult (U7425)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by Elvis: King of Cult (U7425)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 5 hours, 40 minutes ago
I don't mind going and, as I won't be losing out financially as I'll still get paid by work, I don't mind going. I just found it strange how loads of people I know suddenly got summoned. I suppose there's a backlog with cases with Covid.

I can't imagine it'll be a very juicy case as nothing too major usually happens around here but you never know.
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You could get a case from somewhere else rather than local. They sometimes move cases out of the area where it was committed for safety and fair trial reasons.
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That's a possibility too isn't it.

I suppose the issue we have here is that it's not very densely populated so, even though the court I'm attending is 40 miles away, I could know the person.
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In which case you can't be part of the trial. They always ask you if you know anyone involved. I had a bit of a funny one in the middle of the drugs trial I was in the jury for. The lad who had been busted with a sports bag full of weed said that a drug dealer had passed him the bag a few minutes before he was busted with it. He gave the name of this supposed dealer and it was the same name of a lad that I know who is a dealer! Just a coincidence and the lad was lying anyway, but stopped me in my tracks for a minute.
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Yes. That's a possibility. It is what it is. It's a new experience though so will treat it as that.

RB&W - my Mum is fuming. She's 65 and never been summoned. She loves all the courtroom dramas on TV and fancies a go herself!

my mum was the same