Quote Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult View Post
Good idea. Bung him a few grand. FFS, one extra won test down under must be worth a bit to the ECB, and an on form Stokes is likely to play a part in winning a match that we wouldn't have won without him.

Are you allowed to do this in the UK, though? In Pakistan etc you can get given blood money. But would this be bribing a witness or whatever? Are you allowed to pay money to get someone to drop the charges over here?
In a criminal case it is the CPS that charge you, not the victim. Clearly if the victim decides they no longer wish to be a witness or to participate in the case it hugely weakens that case.

No, of course you cant bribe them but as I understand it, were they to launch a civil claim you could settle that out of order straight away and then 'anticipate' that the victim withdraws their involvement from the criminal case. The problem being that settling the civil case implies guilt....

Its only illegal if you get caught

I am guessing on all of this, by the way.