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 On 2025-08-16, Jethro_uk  wrote: 
 > On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 20:06:46 +0100, GB wrote: 
 >> In particular, she claimed she didn't understand the consequences of 
 >> pleading guilty, which the COA found 'incredible' - which is fairly 
 >> close to calling her a blatant liar. 
 > 
 > So she really is a bit dim ? 
 > 
 > I am reminded of people who subsequently discover that accepting a 
 > caution is pleading guilty. 
  
 I've got a lot more sympathy for that - it doesn't involve standing up 
 in court and saying "guilty", and the police often do not inform you in 
 any clear way at all that you're pleading guilty to a crime by signing 
 the papers and that you will therefore have a criminal record. They'll 
 be stressing that if you sign you can go home straight away and not have 
 to stay overnight in jail and not have to go to court. 
  
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