Fun at the District Court

After 23 weeks of waiting, the case against the guy who caused my motorbike crash finally went before the judge on Friday. The thought of getting it sorted (and therefore getting my insurance money) had become a bit of a dream due to it taking so long, but the time had come and I went along to the Lower Hutt District Court to play my part as a witness.

After my jury duty last year I've spent a bit of time in the Wellington District Court, but the one in the Hutt is (I guess not surprisingly) a lot more grotty!

The cream of the crop who frequent this place seem to enjoy taking out their frustration by 'bashing' the bins

And of course the toilet doesn't have much space that isn't claimed by someone with a vivid
Not a very nice place to hang out for a few hours!

Then came the case - I was a witness, even though I have no memory of what happened. Even so I wasn't stupid enough to fall for the defense lawyers predictable attempts to entrap me:

Defense lawyer: "I put to you that it's possible you had crossed out of your lane and into the flush median at the time of impact"

Me: "No, that's not possible"

(repeat this 3 time's until the judge told him to drop it!)

The eyewitness was very clear in describing what he saw, he did a good job :)

The judge then made the clear decision that actually the kid who had pulled out right infront of me did cause the accident. WOW, what a surprise!

THANK GOD IT'S FINALLY OVER!!!!!

:D