by Svetlana » Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:59 pm
I did not attend a Court Hearing once (the Case wandered on for 3 years!), due to Lawyer's administrative mistake; Judge was pretty upset!
Was talking to a (male) friend, who has just spent a few weeks in Lefkosia Jail, he had a horrendous time - 'being locked up with murderers and rapists', as he told me - and only 10 minutes phone calls a month. the worst things were the constant noise and the smell - yuk!
Still figy, u will be fine; some good advice given here; in my experience Judges are very fair here.
As an aside and talking of translations; I watched a case once where 4 or 5 Bangladeshis were on trial for Immigration offences. As the case when on, the there was firstly a translation from Greek to English and then a further one from English to Bangla; of course the proceedings do not pause for these translations - and the poor guys must have been totally confused as the case went on!