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This doesn't always happen. A friend was wrongfully denounced a couple of years ago, given less than 24hrs notice to attend court and so had no time to find a lawyer of his own. No duty lawyer was offered in court and no interpreter either, nor would they adjourn the hearing so that he could find a lawyer and/or interpreter.
It was a complete farce...prosecution witnesses produced from nowhere...a ridiculously huge claim for loss of earnings (from bruising resulting from a fall to the ground, allegedly when tripped over by a dog which wasn't even his) etc and my friend had no means to defend himself, no chance to produce his own witnesses and so stood no chance. Result? Huge fine.

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from what I understand it does for criminal cases - your example sounds more like a civil case

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I can assure you it was not my boyfriends mates!! And as I previously said there was 4 in the group but only one that started kicking him.. I have no reason to lie I am asking for help.. The police have not been to see me or taken a statement which I do not understand. I have been calling all the local police stations and orihuela all day but nobody will tell me if he has been detained or not.. really do not know what else to do.

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I think the advice of contacting a solicitor and maybe your consulate might be an answer.

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OK Thanks. Does anyone know a number for the court in Orihuela I cannot seem to find one and after asking all the police they just give me another police station to call..

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theer are several here on this paginas amarillas link

http://www.paginasamarillas.es/resul...&prov=ALICANTE

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You really do need a solicitor. They will know exactly what to do. Don´t delay as it´s Friday tomorrow and he may be in custody for the weekend if you don´t sort it out quickly.

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As Matt has advised twice..... HERE

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One possibility may be a reconciliation, firstly by apology with the injured party, admitting some partial responsibility, which seems inevitable anyway and reminding him how you tried to assist.
Such an approach would probably have to be done through the respective lawyers.
Not sure if the parties concerned were resident or non resident.
If the injured party is non res.he may not be keen on the hassle of returning for the court case or trial and an arrangement may be more likely.

Also you yourself have the option of issuing a denuncia for the molestation, which from what you say was witnessed.
If the injured party faces charges himself regarding actions leading to the affray he is much more likely to reconsider pressing his charges.

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Thank you.

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If you want to contact me by private e-mail I can give you the telephone number of the office where I work - we have an office based between La Marina Urb and Guardamar. We have Spanish speakers who could probably ring the Court for you if you gave me more info. First interview is free but we would certainly help you on the telephone first at no charge.

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Thank You so much that is very kind of you.. The British consulate called me back tonight they said that the court said they have no news yet and we need to call back Tommorow.. Do not really know what that means maybe they did not have time to see him today or it was adjourned? The British consulate are going to try again for me Tommorow..

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Maybe it`s the privacy thing as they can only let you know what is happening if he tells them it`s ok for you to know.
I am sure they will let you know as soon as possible.

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Mandie, hard lesson learned, wish you both well.