Would u be a Fake Witness

yourdeadwright

The question came up whem myself and the brother where watching CSI the other night and only recently a family memeber had a car claim aginst them (turns out no witness or anything needed) but what stops people just haven a fake witness stand up for them in court ?

Say for an assult a few days later a friend come forward as a random member of the public and say's i happened to see what happened when they didn't at all ..

Does this happen much these days,?
Would it be difficult to prove they didn't

So my Question is would you people be willing to do this for Friends or Family member's to get them out of trouble or would the good folks of after hours have to much of a guilty conscious ???

anncoates

How much will you pay me?

FatherLen

how much are you gonna make out of it?

yourdeadwright

oh and if your wondering i said i could only do it if i knew for certain the other person was lieing in the first case,

Phill Ewinn

I'll do it for a go on your sister

anncoates

I like your variant of the lame joke better, FatherLen.

Grand Moff Tarkin

Not a problem with lying in a court of law if the money is right.

PhlegmyMoses

In reality, most people would **** their pants under questioning from a decent barrister and would tie themselves up in knots.

gimmick

Once again people are more interested in trying to get thanks for thier hilarity rather than mak an actual reply.

Would I be a fake witness - yes I would if it meant that someone who did blatant wrong wouldn't get away with it.

Of course, there are limits - if I thought I might end up in hospital after getting a beating for it, no sir. But for something like a car crash where someone ran a red I would most certainly.

That said, to pretend you do not know your friend would probably backfire. Best off saying you know the person you are lying for.

greenflash

I lived in London for a few years (never on the receiving end of hibernophobia btw) and worked in a pub. One day I was sitting on a train and this girl came and sat next to me and started chatting. She got to the point after a bit and said she recognised me from working in a pub, which I did. Anyway, turns out he brother was up in court for glassing someone outside the pub and she was basically offering favours for me to go as witness for her brother. I knew about the incident and knew the lad who got glassed had lost an eye and needed around fifty stitches. Seeing as I hadn't been working that night and knew the victim was not the type to cause trouble, I told her to get lost.

Matt_Trakker

greenflash wrote: »

I lived in London for a few years (never on the receiving end of hibernophobia btw) and worked in a pub. One day I was sitting on a train and this girl came and sat next to me and started chatting. She got to the point after a bit and said she recognised me from working in a pub, which I did. Anyway, turns out he brother was up in court for glassing someone outside the pub and she was basically offering favours for me to go as witness for her brother. I knew about the incident and knew the lad who got glassed had lost an eye and needed around fifty stitches. Seeing as I hadn't been working that night and knew the victim was not the type to cause trouble, I told her to get lost.

Wasn't a looker?

anncoates

gimmick wrote: »

Once again people are more interested in trying to get thanks for thier hilarity rather than mak an actual reply.

You should give them detention.

Oranage2

gimmick wrote: »

Once again people are more interested in trying to get thanks for thier hilarity rather than mak an actual reply.

Would I be a fake witness - yes I would if it meant that someone who did blatant wrong wouldn't get away with it.

Of course, there are limits - i.

Jeez its after hours, if you want something actual you should check out the pro wre....never mind.

smileyj1987

anncoates wrote: »

How much will you pay me?

About three fiddy .

Wicklowrider

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

In reality, most people would **** their pants under questioning from a decent barrister and would tie themselves up in knots.

Yes.
Was in court last year. Bloke was lying like a good thing. Barrister caught him on each and every one. This was a very simple case and you would have thought he would have got away with a few simple porkies and no one would have even cared.

Truncheon Rouge

For family yes, I'd have to give the place a look over though and get some details of my own, prepare for the cross examination.

You don't want an empty street corner popping up on a cctv screen for all the court to see after you say 'yeah I was standing there'.

Thats called perjury and the judge will bum you publicly for it.

anncoates

smileyj1987 wrote: »

About three fiddy .

Exhausted memes are not legitimate currency.

antodeco

Wicklowrider wrote: »

Yes.
Was in court last year. Bloke was lying like a good thing. Barrister caught him on each and every one. This was a very simple case and you would have thought he would have got away with a few simple porkies and no one would have even cared.

Aw I was hoping for a "he would have got away with it, if it wasnt for you pesky kids!"