Fixed Charge Offence

Paddywack58

Is a misspelling of my surname (2 B's instead of P's) enough to get me off the charge.

TheDriver

it depends on the judge if you appeal. I don't think every technicality gets you off nowadays especially small stuff like misspellings unless you want to go to the effort of paying a solicitor. Your licence number or reg no will be there anyways....

godtabh

usually the charge is just amended to the correct details

sandin

simple answer - No.

coylemj

sandin wrote: »

simple answer - No.

+1 The anti-war protester Margaretta D'Arcy who's in jail for refusing to sign a bond to keep the peace was in court recently and kicked up a stink because the apostrophe was omitted from her surname in some court documents, she got short shrift from the judge. District Court rules allow the judge to amend the name and/or address if there's a clerical error so I wouldn't bother drawing his/her attention to it, it will get you nowhere.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/margaretta-d-arcy-protests-in-court-over-spelling-of-name-1.1690838

Mark1990

Paddywack58 wrote: »

Is a misspelling of my surname (2 B's instead of P's) enough to get me off the charge.

If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is. It is along the same lines of Garda cannot arrest without his hat on!