I have been ripped off (by Mick Mason of Leicester - Facebook scammer/thief)

[TimR]

On 25/10/2025 at 07:21, Downunderwonder said:

Original case was to be heard in the Magistrates Court. That's like the difference between going for lunch at The Ritz, or McDonalds. 

 

There's a big difference. The Crown Court can impose harsher penalties and you will be up before a Judge as opposed to someone volunteering from the community with little to no previous grounding in law.

[Downunderwonder]

Over here it used to be a bit like that. Cops could put someone in front of a volunteer Magistrate at 1am to get him banged up pending charges. Nowadays I don't know.

 

In Australia they have to be proper lawyers to get into the game.

[Burns-bass]

5 hours ago, TimR said:

 

There's a big difference. The Crown Court can impose harsher penalties and you will be up before a Judge as opposed to someone volunteering from the community with little to no previous grounding in law.

I think that’s the point. Mick may need to postpone his tour dates for the next few months (hopefully years).

[Prog]

On 29/10/2025 at 21:35, Burns-bass said:

I think that’s the point. Mick may need to postpone his tour dates for the next few months (hopefully years).

Hopefully he'll miss out on those lucrative Christmas and New Year gigs.

[Maude]

Fingers crossed there'll be a long run of 'The Elvis Experience' performing Jailhouse Rock. 

[Downunderwonder]

It strikes me as ironic.

 

I can only imagine the motivation for going to the extremes of forging court documents and impersonating a court official. Perhaps the charges he was trying to avoid would have meant some jail time.

 

Way to go!!!