Will we get charged with abh?

[percysc]

Me and my girlfriend have been interviewed on tape for assaulting each other but have made no statements against each other so we were bailed so they could see if there are any witnessess. We know no one could of seen anything as we were in our home, it was in early hours so someone may of heard arguing but nothing else. We both said what happened on tape, she said i hit her, i said she hit me, but when we were interviewed about accusations we both denied hitting each other. What is likely to happen neither of us will attened court and we have not made any statements? There has been previous domestic violence. If we get charged we will plead not guilty all the way do they have a strong enough case or will it get dropped??

[sara3]

no doubt you do this because you love each other.

[justmetoo]

why are you both still together, its sounds like a nightmare...hope there are no children involved

[justmetoo]

ahhh yes, the old love chestnut....

[jno]

tape is evidence, so they could charge both of you. But they might equally decide to let you beat each other to death rather than spend time trying to decide which, if any, of you is telling the truth and when. Have you thought of trying to sort yourselves out?

[ELVIS68]

I feel sorry for the neighours, do them and the police a favour and sort your lives out

[Ice.Maiden]

Why are you wasting everyone's time? Hope you sort yourselves out, or make a clean break. If you love someone, there's no such thing as violence towards that person.

[helpmetoo]

if you add your IQs together, do you achieve double figures?

[CAJ1]

You two are the type of people holding up proper cases from being heard in courts putting people who are under threat in dangerous situations as they can't go to get orders out against people (I've been in that situation). Grow up and leave each other

[percysc]

So the fact we were both bailed to see if there were witnessess states they have not got strong enough evidence to charge i assume? if they did charge and we go to court and plead not guilty it will get dropped as there is no statements made?

[percysc]

Surely there is no case to answer as no witness to crime, so cant be cross examined in a court we never made statements so its our word against each others!

[sara3]

if the police are satisfied there is sufficient evidence you will both be charged. they do not need witness statements. if you are summonsed to court and don't attend, an arrest warrant will be issued and you will have committed a further offence.

[percysc]

Is what has been said on tape sufficent evidence thou on its own as its our word against each others? also no statements have been made by ourselfs so surely if summoned to court we could say the details of the night in question are very sketcy as we were drunk therefore cant be sure what actually happened would make any conviction unsafe therefore thwon out??

[sara3]

you can only hope.. but the CPS will decide if there is a case to answer.

[percysc]

So based on everything i have said, if the cps had enough evidence to charge when we were interviewed, would they of charged us that night and not bailed us pending further enquires?

[oyce]

My husband assaulted me and I finally assaulted him back after many years of abuse, I did a stupid thing I thought he called the police and I found out he didn't so I called I tried to cancel and told the police I didn't need them but they cam anyway, we both were brought down to the police station and received a caution. The only thing I can say is having a angry temper and acting on it can cause so much heartache, I have put my Nichren Shoshu Buddhism (Hokkeo) into practice and I realise about Cause and Effect from time without beginning, (karma(thought, action and deed) the Lotus Sutra, best English version by Burton Watson and will never pick up my hands again even in self defense and chanting that my caution will be expunged, in this Buddhism the improbable is possible. And hoping my husband will realise this also and that he loves me.