Yes but

If the victim of an assault says they won’t co-operate as a witness, the CPS will usually drop it (not with domestic violence though, given that the victim may have been pressured into not co-operating).

Posted By: Old Git on May 21st 2019 at 09:30:06

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Farage pressing charges. Shame there is video evidence (n/m) (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, May 21, 07:48:28
- I dislike Farage and all that he stands for intensely, but.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, May 21, 11:01:38
  - a) Still shouldn't happen b) Jo Cox.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, May 21, 11:14:03
    - Jo cox wasn’t egged or milkshaken (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, May 21, 11:38:21
      - In my original post I referenced bullets...(or machetes or anything that might kill) (n/m) (General Chat) - Saucerer, May 21, 12:21:13
  - There was none of this fuss in the past when other (General Chat) - duke of york, May 21, 11:08:37
- Quite right (General Chat) - Old Git, May 21, 09:09:42
  - Wonder what the charge will be. Assault with a dairy liquid? (n/m) (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, May 21, 10:30:50
  - Have to say I agree (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, May 21, 10:11:46
    - Indeed. There's a line: physically chucking anything at Farage is very clearly way over it (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, May 21, 10:14:32
      - Wonder if the bloke who egged Ed Miliband was charged (General Chat) - duke of york, May 21, 10:17:43
        
        That was no yolk. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 21, 13:32:42
        
        No arrests as he didn’t want to take the matter further (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 21, 10:23:31
        
        Bloke was charged after egging Farage in 2014 (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 21, 10:27:27
        
        Yep a long tradition of egg throwing in this country (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 21, 10:20:33
  - Only the CPS can press charges though (General Chat) - duke of york, May 21, 09:22:13
    - Yes but (General Chat) - Old Git, May 21, 09:30:06
- I certainly wouldn't vote for Farage in a General Election (General Chat) - Highlander, May 21, 08:45:27
  - This is a meaningless election which only Farage is campaigning. (General Chat) - biffbro, May 21, 09:45:33
  - its hardly a second referendum (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 21, 09:34:05
    - Eh?! Change U.K. and Lib Dem’s massively campaigning round here (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 21, 10:42:05
    - think you'll find the Lib Dems have been tirelessly campaigning... (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, May 21, 10:14:17
      - havent seen them in my manor (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 21, 11:28:35
  - We should be "all" be voting for his candidates if you want Brexit.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, May 21, 09:23:37
  - Can you advise me how to vote given I have a strong dislike for both Farage and Brexit? (n/m) (General Chat) - 51eve, May 21, 09:18:27
    - Liberal is probably the best bet (General Chat) - Old Man, May 21, 09:29:06
  - Yup (n/m) (General Chat) - promethian1, May 21, 09:08:40
  - Pretending it’s a referendum 😂😂😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 21, 08:47:40
- good. That'll be an expensive milkshake. (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 21, 08:13:09
  - Should politicians be allowed to stir up racial hatred/tensions though? (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, May 21, 08:35:40
    - Should Theresa may be allowed to continue as PM after her windrush immigration policy (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, May 21, 10:41:35
    - Of course not. And if Farage had ever been shown (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 21, 10:40:35
    - off course not (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 21, 09:35:18
- Tbf you can't blame him. Much as I dislike the guy.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, May 21, 08:13:01
  - That's the trouble, next time it could be a brick at a politician folks on here like. (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 21, 08:23:31
    - It wasn’t a brick. And it wasn’t next time. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, May 21, 08:25:34
      - So what? (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, May 21, 08:38:30
        
        the point is that (General Chat) - CWC, May 21, 10:18:55
        
        All those eggs which could have been bullets (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 21, 10:25:21
- Good. Slippery slope. Someone will get (cont p94) (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, May 21, 08:06:48
  - Sorry, I can't seem to find page 94? (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 21, 08:24:33

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