Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
The Earl of Seven Sisters
Some of you might remember my mishap in early June when I was punched, knocked out and kicked on my face while unconscious on the ground just outside the Sainsbury's Local in Seven Sisters.
Well, eventually the whole thing came to an end. A very disappointing one.
A man was arrested and interviewed and he was released on bail whilst the ID procedures were being done.
Having only seen his face for a handful of seconds before being knocked out I obviously failed to ID him at the parade (I'm actually pretty sure he wasn't one of them), and so probably did the witnesses.
Therefore, due to lack of evidence, no further action will be taken against him by the MetPolice.
A full plate number and 3 witnesses is apparently not enough for them and I totally lost my trust in them.
You people be wary, he's still roaming the streets....
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Sadly I expected something like this. That's all the guy who headbutted me for trying to stop him running over a little girl got (he's a mechanic at Tottenham Lane service station so not a Lord or anything).
So all you need to do to avoid prosecution is get a mate who looks nothing like you to say that he was the one driving the car that day and denies doing anything. It's a wonder we're not all doing this, oh... wait...
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I hassled the @MPSHaringey twitter account about this yesterday. Silence.
Folks, this means we're all at risk of being violently assaulted with no repercussions for the assailant. Let that sink in for a few days and avoid anyone who wants to take your stuff or just looks menacing.
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Permalink Reply by KM on
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Surely if no-one has been positively identified by neither you nor the witnesses, you can understand why there has been no further action taken? If no-one can definitely say tge arrested person assaulted you, then you can't expect them to be charged?
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Permalink Reply by Luca on
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First of all, consider that I've only seen the guy's face for a handful of seconds then I was knocked out, and that was about 6 weeks before I was called for the identification.
Then, when you go to the ID parade, they show you 9 people who kinda match the description.
The tricky bit is the fact that the suspect MIGHT or MIGHT NOT be one of them, but the officer told me to go with my guts and pick one anyway as if it's the wrong one, nothing happens to that person.
I'm pretty sure the suspect wasn't any of the 9, but I picked one, following her advice, which I probably shouldn't have.
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Two things: this was a very, very violent assault by someone who actually implied before the assault that they were above the law and the vehicle was positively identified.
What this means is that we do effectively have Earls running about on their steeds bashing the peasants on the head when they're not sufficiently genuflecting.
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And the MetPolice is not doing anything about it, no wonder kids carry knives in their pockets.
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Regrettably, I have to agree with your view KM. That is how the law works. You can't charge or convict without solid evidence, and without a formal identification you can't proceed. Although it's not much consolation for Luca. In my view, at least this individual is put on warning that he nearly got caught this time and this might help deter him from doing it again. I'm sure he won't have enjoyed the experience of being in a Police line-up.
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Fair enough, but then put me in the condition to be able to identify him and have the actual suspect amongst the 9!
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Why would you think he wasn't one of the 9? There would be no point having line up if the suspect wasn't in it.
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Because none of them looked even vaguely familiar and because that's how the identification process works.
See attached picture which I took myself at the police station.
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The letter clearly states the line up consists of a suspect and 8 others. Clearly if their "suspect" isn't the man that did it, you wouldn't have recognised him, but that isn't the fault of the ID process. There is another option for you to consider. You yourself can contact the DVLA for the details of the owner and submit a small claims court application against the owner for the attack. The level of evidence required in a civil proceeding is much lower than in a criminal proceeding.
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