Perjury etc

The Skulls

Hi all, was hoping for a bit of information in relation to perjury etc. A friend of mine was asked to do a favour about a year ago for a guy we work with. He was asked to supply a character reference for court (references etc are something he supplies as part of his job responsiblities) however it transpires its for a robbery case & the reference in question was 'altered' in some way before it was handed into the court. The guy who supplied it cannot find the original & is understandably quite worried as he's never been in trouble in his whole life.
He was recently contacted by the gardaí & was invited to make a statement about said matter. The recipient of the reference is saying that he 'knows nothing about it' but that he didn't alter it though he can't prove otherwise either. What i'm asking is basically whats liable to happen?

Many Thanks in advance.

Reloc8

Your mate needs legal advice from a good solicitor. This is potentially serious stuff. He should contact one immediately and before making any statement.

He should be in a position to say whether the reference was one he provided or not, I would have thought.

Ultimately the garda objective here is to get to the person who altered the reference. As a starting point they need to establish that the reference was in fact altered, and that's why they need your mate to make a statement. If your mate didn't alter it he should be fine.


But he needs to talk to a solicitor.

The Skulls

It now transpires that the paperwork was in fact altered & the gardai know this; they know who did it but it seems they may not be able to prove conclusively who did so. It would seem that the judge in the original trial is most unhappy that such documents were produced in his court. If a guy has previous criminal convictions & is already subject to a suspended sentence (as a result of the original trial) what kind of sentence is the court likely to impose? Or could it be dismissed due to lack of evidence?

Thanks

_JOE_

The Skulls wrote: »

It now transpires that the paperwork was in fact altered & the gardai know this; they know who did it but it seems they may not be able to prove conclusively who did so. It would seem that the judge in the original trial is most unhappy that such documents were produced in his court. If a guy has previous criminal convictions & is already subject to a suspended sentence (as a result of the original trial) what kind of sentence is the court likely to impose? Or could it be dismissed due to lack of evidence?

Thanks

You really need to adhere to the above advice and contact a solicitor.

The Skulls

Thank you but i assure you i'm not involved; i just have the same employer.