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18 Jul 14
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https://uk.news.yahoo.com/couple-court-taking-children-memorial-140128810.html#8oPEn9X
A mother and father have pleaded not guilty in court after refusing to pay a £60 fine for failing to make sure their son attended school, in what is being seen as a test case.
City banker James Haymore and his wife, Dana, were represented by the human rights charity Liberty when they appeared during a short hearing at Colchester Magistrates Court.
The family believes it was a breach of their human rights for Chancellor Park Primary School in Chelmsford to refuse to allow their children to attend a memorial service for their great-grandfather in the United States.
The Haymores, who moved to the UK from the US four years ago, decided to go anyway, extending their three children's Christmas holiday by six days.
But, under tough rules brought in by the former education secretary Michael Gove in September 2013, headteachers can only authorise time off in "exceptional circumstances".
The charge relates to the Haymores' eldest child Toby, 11, who, the court was told, went to school on 146 out of a possible 168 days between November 4, 2013 and March 21, 2014. It equates to an 87% attendance record.
Rosie Brighouse, legal officer at Liberty, said in a statement outside court, that "common sense must prevail".
She said: "Is criminalising parents for taking their children out of school for momentous family events really the best use of council resources, court time and public money?
"The rules that lead to the Haymores' ordeal and Liberty's clients' ordeal go no way toward addressing the deeper and more complex social problems that contribute to some children repeatedly missing school."
Parents who do not have permission but still take their children out of school can be given a £60 fine per child, increasing to £120 if it is not paid within 21 days.
If no payment is received after 28 days, then prosecution can follow.
In this case, the maximum sentence is £1,000.
The Haymores are due back in court for a two-day trial starting on October 10.
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If you add up the days between the dates they quote, he attended school for '146 days' out of a possible maximum of 128 days, and that's including weekends.
They don't nend an expensive court case, they could stay in Essex and just move to Barking.
No parents get fined for absenteeism there.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/couple-court-taking-children-memorial-140128810.html#8oPEn9X
A mother and father have pleaded not guilty in court after refusing to pay a £60 fine for failing to make sure their son attended school, in what is being seen as a test case.
City banker James Haymore and his wife, Dana, were represented by the human rights charity Liberty when they appeared during a short hearing at Colchester Magistrates Court.
The family believes it was a breach of their human rights for Chancellor Park Primary School in Chelmsford to refuse to allow their children to attend a memorial service for their great-grandfather in the United States.
The Haymores, who moved to the UK from the US four years ago, decided to go anyway, extending their three children's Christmas holiday by six days.
But, under tough rules brought in by the former education secretary Michael Gove in September 2013, headteachers can only authorise time off in "exceptional circumstances".
The charge relates to the Haymores' eldest child Toby, 11, who, the court was told, went to school on 146 out of a possible 168 days between November 4, 2013 and March 21, 2014. It equates to an 87% attendance record.
Rosie Brighouse, legal officer at Liberty, said in a statement outside court, that "common sense must prevail".
She said: "Is criminalising parents for taking their children out of school for momentous family events really the best use of council resources, court time and public money?
"The rules that lead to the Haymores' ordeal and Liberty's clients' ordeal go no way toward addressing the deeper and more complex social problems that contribute to some children repeatedly missing school."
Parents who do not have permission but still take their children out of school can be given a £60 fine per child, increasing to £120 if it is not paid within 21 days.
If no payment is received after 28 days, then prosecution can follow.
In this case, the maximum sentence is £1,000.
The Haymores are due back in court for a two-day trial starting on October 10.
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If you add up the days between the dates they quote, he attended school for '146 days' out of a possible maximum of 128 days, and that's including weekends.
They don't nend an expensive court case, they could stay in Essex and just move to Barking.
No parents get fined for absenteeism there.
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This law!.......................Is it for Gypsies......................or just people wiv a mortgage ?????????????
Sica Dan
18 Jul 14 20:03
Most unusual that immigrants have been taken to court.
Doesn't happen to immigrants in Barking
18 Jul 14 20:03
Most unusual that immigrants have been taken to court.
Doesn't happen to immigrants in Barking
they'll get off (nap)
as a city banker, he will be immune from the laws thatt the rest of us have to abide by
as a city banker, he will be immune from the laws thatt the rest of us have to abide by
At least this one didn't end up in court . . .
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/bedworth-school-excludes...
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/bedworth-school-excludes...
that is appalling muntz... on the positive side, she did avoid a trip to franky & benny's 
Muntz,
yet another decision by people that are supposedly intelligent.
yet another decision by people that are supposedly intelligent.
MisterBadger
18 Jul 14 21:06
they'll get off (nap)
as a city banker, he will be immune from the laws thatt the rest of us have to abide by
Why did he go to Liberty, is he a mate of Chukkerbutti's?
18 Jul 14 21:06
they'll get off (nap)
as a city banker, he will be immune from the laws thatt the rest of us have to abide by
Why did he go to Liberty, is he a mate of Chukkerbutti's?
I nearly got 28 days at Colchester magistrates court, a few years ago. For an unpaid parking ticket.
Which I'd disputed.
They told me to go to the bank, or cashpoint and withdraw funds (£120) to pay the fine, during the one hour lunch-break, or get 28 days inside.
I told them I didn't have the funds in the bank and wouldn't be able to get it.
Then they wouldn't let me use the phone in the court to call anyone for help.
I had no money, nor did I have any credit on my (then PAYG) phone.
Luckily my brother phoned me just before I was due to go back in, and he paid it on his credit card for me.
Colchester Magistrates court ought to spend more of its energy and time on real criminals instead of soft targets.
Which I'd disputed.
They told me to go to the bank, or cashpoint and withdraw funds (£120) to pay the fine, during the one hour lunch-break, or get 28 days inside.
I told them I didn't have the funds in the bank and wouldn't be able to get it.
Then they wouldn't let me use the phone in the court to call anyone for help.
I had no money, nor did I have any credit on my (then PAYG) phone.
Luckily my brother phoned me just before I was due to go back in, and he paid it on his credit card for me.
Colchester Magistrates court ought to spend more of its energy and time on real criminals instead of soft targets.
28 days FFS. Unreal or what. The law is a strange beast at times.
The law is created by, administered by, and ultimately for the benefit of, the rich*
*with occasional exceptions which prove the rule
*with occasional exceptions which prove the rule
I must admit laughing, thinking of the loon Studyform,who loves all benefits scroungers, being so skint he nearly got locked up. What a lad he is, scratching his balls in his bedsit, telling all us that get out of bed and work work hard that our taxes are well spent catering for his kind. 
STUDYFORM
19 Jul 14 20:45
I nearly got 28 days at Colchester magistrates court, a few years ago. For an unpaid parking ticket.
Which I'd disputed.
They told me to go to the bank, or cashpoint and withdraw funds (£120) to pay the fine, during the one hour lunch-break, or get 28 days inside.
I told them I didn't have the funds in the bank and wouldn't be able to get it.
Then they wouldn't let me use the phone in the court to call anyone for help.
I had no money, nor did I have any credit on my (then PAYG) phone.
Luckily my brother phoned me just before I was due to go back in, and he paid it on his credit card for me.
Colchester Magistrates court ought to spend more of its energy and time on real criminals instead of soft targets
Should have done the 28 days.
Probably serve 14 at the most, get 3 meals a day, not in bed at 11-00 p.m. mind you,
and get some kip.
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