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Notification of court dates? (victim)

  • 27-12-2017 6:04pm
    #1
    tracey turnblad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭


    Is it expected that a victim of a crime would be notified of court dates involving the person accused of the offence against them? Or once the police arrest the accused is it none of the victims business what happens?


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  • #2
    SB_Part2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,951 ✭✭✭SB_Part2


    Depends if you’re needed as a witness.


  • #3
    tracey turnblad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭tracey turnblad


    The accused was being given the book of evidence in court and the victim wasn’t aware the accused was up in court and only found out by chance. Is this the norm?


  • #4
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,650 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    tracey turnblad wrote: »
    The accused was being given the book of evidence in court and the victim wasn’t aware the accused was up in court and only found out by chance. Is this the norm?

    Yes, you are not needed at that stage. That is a stage in the proceedings called the 'arraignment'. The accused is given the book of evidence in the District Court and is 'sent forward' for trial in the Circuit Court. During that procedure there is no evidence heard, the judge and the lawyers just go through some legal details and typically the injured party and/or witnesses would not be notified.

    You can expect the prosecuting Garda to notify you of the trial date, unless the accused pleads guilty in which case it's unlikely that you will be required to attend. But it's your right as a citizen to attend one way or the other so you can tell the Garda to inform you when the trial date is set, whether the accused pleads guilty or not.


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