Well what a load of ****** the CPS is! You can guess the outcome no? On top of the failing to stop and failing to report an incident charges, on the actual day, they added a third charge of driving without due care to the list, and my mother was convicted of all three charges, 8pts on her license and a bill for £830, not to mention another £900 for our solicitor!
So they went with the 'injured' party, as they had a witness, and we didn't.... even though the actual victim seemed to have two versions of her statement, making mistake after mistake whilst being questioned, and being damn right nervous and twitchy during her period on the stand. Her witness just said what she saw, and that was good enough!
I've realised that because my mother can't speak fluent english(she can speak it fine and communicate like a normal person, but when it comes to technical terms needed in the court, she has no chance!), we needed a translater, and a few terms was lost in translation which went against my mum, and that being a good samaritan, offering help to a person is deemed to be an admission of guilt aswell!
Anyways, luckily my mum has a strong will, she took it on the chin and won't bother to appeal.... she said that didn't feel very fair to our solicitor afterwoods, but could still bring about a smile! So proud of my mum on how she stood her ground and continually denied she 'did not hit her' throughout the trial! She still has her license, and she's going to be 60 next year, so doesn't want to waste anymore of our resources(me and my sister's) and time on this, she can live with it!
So there you have it, another scammer(in my opinion) on the winning side, apologies for your insurance premiums going up.
And finally, UP YOURS! 'CPS'