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testifying in court.

  • 11-02-2013 1:18pm
    #1
    howyanow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 449 ✭✭


    do people have to testify in court once they have been requested by the gardai to do so or can they refuse to do so?will it cause that person any difficulties in future if they refuse?


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  • #2
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    howyanow wrote: »
    do people have to testify in court once they have been requested by the gardai to do so or can they refuse to do so?

    Only if they have been summonsed
    howyanow wrote: »
    will it cause that person any difficulties in future if they refuse?

    Most likely. it depends on the individual circumstances though.


  • #3
    ThreeLineWhip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭ThreeLineWhip


    It is amazing the cases of amnesia that develop in the witness box.


  • #4
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,768 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    Offhand, I think the guards can use a pre-existing sworn statement in such cases? This is due that that similar fact Limerick witness intimidation case a while back.


  • #5
    ResearchWill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭ResearchWill


    Manach wrote: »
    Offhand, I think the guards can use a pre-existing sworn statement in such cases? This is due that that similar fact Limerick witness intimidation case a while back.

    Only on indictment, can not be used in the DC.


  • #6
    Jimminy Mc Fukhead
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 305 ✭✭Jimminy Mc Fukhead


    ThreeLineWhip wrote: »
    It is amazing the cases of amnesia that develop in the witness box.

    I forgotti.


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