Jays day in court

Thought i would tell you all on here to save me from ringin/textin you all. (already spoke to phil,sparky,my mum and dad and my bro's)

The day didnt start very well as i was up at 4:30am, taxi picked me up at 5:30 so was at the station in plenty of time for my 6am train. this however was cancelled and i was told i needed to catch a bus to Gloucester.

45 minutes later bus still hadn't turned up and i was told this had been cancelled too but there was a train at half 7 which would get me to Cardiff for 9am. My court case time was 10 so i got to Cardiff was picked up by my boss and got to the court in Pontypridd just in time.

We sat waiting to be called in, i was shitting myself and was surrounded by a load of drug dealers/drunks etc which wasn't imporoving my state of mind.

Eventually i was called in but my boss wasn't allowed to go in with me so i had to go it alone. There were 2 magistrates a lawyer, the prosecution and the clerk so i felt a bit intimidated. I kept having to get up then sit down then get up again it was ridiculous.

I told them i had no solicitor and gave them the letter my company had written me. They read out the charges and i said i was pleading guilty. I then had to take the oath and explain why i was speeding (i said i had a foot affliction which makes my foot go down and i can't control it) and why it would cause me extreme hardship if i was banned (i said id be homeless and have to live in a cardboard box and probably end up like the other people waiting to go in). I was grilled with a load of questions by this point i was sweating like a horse and they were making me feel like i had killed someone.

The magistrates then went of to deliberate and i sat in the corner wishing i had got a solicitor after about 10 minutes they came out and i had to stand again whilst they gave me my sentence.

They said my driving record was appalling (i was thinking this isn't a good sign) and they were fining me £150 for the offence plus £400 court costs!
I couldn't believe it but then they said "oh sorry i meant £40".

They said they had taken into account my guilty plea, the letter and what i had said and under any other circumstances i would have been banned for 6 months but they were giving me 5 points instead. They told me i had to be very careful as if i was caught again i would not have to have a court appearance i would be banned automatically.

I had to pay the £190 there and then and that was it.

Thank you all for your messages this morning, when i got out i had 10 messages of good luck which made me smile.

I shall be getting a snooper for christmas.(no ben not a snoopy)