I'm unfortunate in a bad situation. my now ex partner has got me charged with something that I did not do at all and I'm very scared and worried. I've had no support or guidance at all. This will go to trial now. I have also just found out that she has been trying to contact a couple of my friends (female) to get them on her side..... and to make a statement against me for something I didn't do, and that they werent even involved in anything or know about her. Anyway to the point, would anyone have any knowledge or experience with hiring an investigator who deals with criminal defence cases? The reason for this is because I have nothing to show my innocence and its more of a she said he said scenario. I also have a worst bunch of solicitors/lawyers who don't give a damn. Their work is very poor and said that my defence has been completed already, this is WELL before the plea hearing at the court and they have only seen me for 2 hours. Would an intelligence/investigator help me in preparing my defence in much more depth? What about him interviewing or taking statements from my friends or tracing down my exs' husband and maybe getting a statement from him? Apperently she was in an abusive relationship with the husband whom she had 2 kids with. But would all this help me?
I dont really want to say but lets say its something really bad which isnt even true nor am i that type. it involves the way society is these days on how men take advantage of women in a bad way
by the way, why is this topic moved to the business section? IT was originally in the off topic section as it has nothing to do with business. I meant my ex partner as in, my now ex girlfriend!
Get a good attorney. If you are not happy with the attorney you have, get another one. If you need help finding an attorney you can PM me and I can try to point you in the right direction.
Thanks. ive tried changing attorney's but this has been rejected and objected by both the current attorney but also by the court! so i am stuck
I assume you are outside the US, since you mention "solicitors", and it would help if you said what country you are in. In the US I've never heard of someone not being able to change attorneys unless they were using a court-appointed public defender - if you are paying the attorney, you should be able to fire him. Have you tried calling other defense attorneys and asked them if you could hire them - if it's possible within the court system, they would know how to go about doing that. The reason why it's important to have your attorney on board with this is that if you do hire a PI and he digs up useful information, it's your attorney who is going to have to present it to the court. You need him to be willing and able to do that. It's possible that affidavits from your friends saying that your partner tried to get them to make false statements could be useful to your case - but it's possible that they might not be. You need an attorney you can trust to make that decision.
If this involves what I think it involves, you aren't going to find much help on a webmaster forum. Go find a UK legal forum.