murenj wrote:i slipped away not caring about the misserly cash bail i had paid.
murenj wrote:
2)you could decide not to show up in court if you have not posted any bail. a warrant will be issued, but it is only limitted to the jurisdiction of that particular police station. if you could manage to lie low for 1 week well, the cop will already be rushuffled and the new cop will not have a copy of the previous events.
Matheen don't you dare do this. Life does have a sense of humour and you may be surprised at what other matter may lead you back to the same police station or court.
Also just ask Sonko what un-executed warrants of arrest can do to your life.
I do commend your stand in refusing to bribe. We should all do that though if I were in your position I would imagine I would go the Gordon Gekko way. It is the most pragmatic as the fine for obstruction is way on the high side could be between 8k-10k. Not exactly sure how much. Then there is the fine for the traffic sign.
Just plead guilty and be done with. If you have enough money you don't need anyone else with you. And if you have a lot of money to waste then you can even send a lawyer to go and plead guilty on your behalf and pay the fine. Was once in court when a lawyer was pleading guilty for a client on a traffic offence and the magistrate decided to have some fun '...ok wakili are you sure? Because I am going to give a custodial sentence and you shall serve that.'
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