#8817427, By Zomoniac Been wrongly accused of Piracy and want to appeal? That will be £20, please

  • Zomoniac 26 Jun 2012 14:09:37 6,220 posts
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    Civil cases in the UK are exempt from innocent until proven guilty. Look at speeding fines, you are prosecuted and sentenced with no evidence. If you want to challenge the conviction, you have to go to court, and only then will they show you the camera photo and calibration certificate. If it turns out you were speeding but you challenged anyway the sentence is increased, so nobody bothers appealing, and instead have to accept the letter of "we caught you breaking the law, and have sentenced you, we're not proving it to you, deal with it". Same basic principle by the sounds of it.
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