| Part 1 |
9.00
am - 10.55 am |
| |
Dash into the office, pick up 13 bail and remand
cases to be heard at mags court in the morning.
|
| Part 2 |
10.55 am
- 1.00 pm |
| |
Back at court no 1. A drink driving case. Your
guy pleads guilty but offers up his diabetes in
mitigation. He only drove a short distance and there
was no evidence of bad driving. |
| Part 3 |
1.30 pm -
3.30 pm |
| |
Outside Court No 5 you find Norman Winston, a
young Jamaican man, accused of common assault against
his middle-aged black neighbour... |
| Part 4 |
3.30 pm -
5.00 pm |
| |
Outside court No 3, you're confronted by Mrs Slark.
Why's a nicely spoken black man like you sticking
up for a nigger like that! You frown. Is she calling
your client a nigger? |
| Part 5 |
5.00 pm -
6.45 pm |
| |
Custody suites vary. Some date from the 1930s
with exposed pipes, flaking paint and harsh fluorescent
lighting, while others are an IKEA dream of oak
veneer MDF. But they all have one thing in common:
they're all designed to take advantage of crude
psychology. |
| Part 6 |
6.45 pm -
9.00 pm |
| |
Back at the custody desk, there's another cup
of coffee waiting for you. The custody sergeant
blows out his cheeks. They're not having much luck
with a Tamil interpreter. He's left a couple of
messages on answerphones, but no one's got back
to him yet. |
| Part 7 |
9.00 pm -
10.20pm |
| |
Chris is bought to the interview room. Boggle-eyed
is a fair description. He also has that slack puffiness
which is often a side-effect of too much Lithium. |
| Part 8 |
10.20pm -11.05pm |
| |
You talk to Chris alone and explain what's going
on. If he accepts a caution, he'll have a criminal
record, but that's the end of the matter.
|
| Part 9 |
11.05pm -
11.55pm |
| |
Mr Perviaz comes in and you introduce yourself
as the duty solicitor. Mr Perviaz insists he doesn't
need a lawyer, he hasn't done anything. |
| Part 10 |
11.55pm
- 12.40am |
| |
The DS rattles through his notes and only gets
serious about a couple of points. Why didn't Mr
Perviaz tell the taxi driver at the casino that
he didn't have any money? |
| Part 11 |
12.40am
- |
| |
You frown. So what's the offensive weapon? The
DC shrugs. The slice of pepperoni. You laugh. The
DC looks serious. For real. The kid's got first
and second degree burns. |
