Lost in Translation
I was in Norwich HMP last Thursday with a probation officer who was preparing a Pre-Sentence Report for a Polish defendant. At some point my Polish client asked what he'd been sentenced to, because an interpreter booked for him at court "could not speak English, he just stood there, mute". He then went on to add that he didn't even realise he was in Norwich Prison, he thought he was in Peterborough!
He was obviously remanded awaiting his sentencing hearing, having pleaded guilty to an offence he had allegedly committed but I don't think he's aware of it....I am assuming he had a Polish interpreter from ALS with him. Unfortunately as he was charged with an assault, not murder or anything more serious, no one will ever notice anything...