Technicality lands man back in court for threatening a paramedic
by Michael
A man who threatened a paramedic and resisted arrest was forced to come back to court to be sentenced a second time, after a previous clerical error.
Valentin Arion, 44, was first sentenced to a three-month suspended sentence in January, after he used threatening language and behaviour to a paramedic who was trying to treat him two days before Christmas.
Valentin Arion, 44, was first sentenced to a three-month suspended sentence in January, after he used threatening language and behaviour to a paramedic who was trying to treat him two days before Christmas.
Due to a technical error after a missed court appearance, Mr Arion appeared for sentencing in January without having entered his intended guilty plea.
Mr Arion, from Carshalton, then resisted arrest by a police officer and caused criminal damage to Sutton Police Station.
Due to a technical error after a missed court appearance, Mr Arion appeared for sentencing in January without having entered his intended guilty plea.
When the error was discovered, he had to return to Croydon Magistrates’ Court on March 7th to formally enter his plea and be sentenced again.
The visibly-frightened Mr Arion stood in the dock to hear the magistrates reissue his sentence, which also included a requirement to undergo a 30-day treatment programme. He has already completed the programme successfully.
He had been seeing his probation service officers and keeping his appointments, so the magistrates told him to “keep doing what you’re doing”.
Due to a technical error after a missed court appearance, Mr Arion appeared for sentencing in January without having entered his intended guilty plea.
When the error was discovered, he had to return to Croydon Magistrates’ Court on March 7th to formally enter his plea and be sentenced again.
The visibly-frightened Mr Arion stood in the dock to hear the magistrates reissue his sentence, which also included a requirement to undergo a 30-day treatment programme. He has already completed the programme successfully.
He had been seeing his probation service officers and keeping his appointments, so the magistrates told him to “keep doing what you’re doing”.