tanya1981
21-08-2009, 08:55 PM
I am a registered childminder and have been since Nov 08, It's my main income and today something really bad happened, I'm scared and worried that I will no longer be able to work as a childminder and would really appreciate your advice please....
I went out after having words with a family member earlier today, I went down the road in my car obviously fuming...(I'm not going to lie) another car nearly crashed into mine and I went to carry on as it didn't hit mine, a girl in the car was swearing and f-ing and blinding at me and I stopped the car and in all honesty said 'whats your problem' when I did this, she was looking for something frantically in her bag...anyway she got out the car and went to grab me so I pushed her off me, now I'm not silly I know I should not of got out of the car, but problem is I did!!!! :panic:
She had a silver item in her hand and brought her hand up and round to my waist and dug it at me........I called the police and told them exactly what happened, they said I shouldn't of got out of the car and an ambulance came to check her out!!!! I kept saying to the police man, but she dug me (with what at the time I thought was a knife, it wasn't it was a pen...but I didn't know this when I pushed her off me) I have marks on my waist and the police have taken pictures of it and so have I.
All I know after 2 hours with police etc...is that I was put on 'street bail' what ever that is???? and told to go to the police station in a week, the police man said that I have been put on bail and that the worse case scenario is that I could be charged with common assault!!!!!
Now I know you are probably thinking well....you get what you deserve because you shouldn't of got out of the car, but can I just explain to you that I am 33 years old, have NEVER EVER in my the whole of my 33 years in life ever had a criminal record, a caution, even a speeding fine this is an incident where this has happened before I even knew what was happening....
what I want to know is do you thinkl I lose my registration? do I contact Ofsted and get advice? do I have to wait to I go to the police station to see if I'm charged? I really don't know what to do, all I know is that it all happpened so fast and now I risk losing my job....
For anyone out there that may get into the same situation as me,all I can say is please stay in your car and don't get out as I risk losing my livelyhood now and yes I got out and had a go, but I didn't do anything else but defend myself.
Thnak you for taking time to read this and offer your opinions/advice.
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I went out after having words with a family member earlier today, I went down the road in my car obviously fuming...(I'm not going to lie) another car nearly crashed into mine and I went to carry on as it didn't hit mine, a girl in the car was swearing and f-ing and blinding at me and I stopped the car and in all honesty said 'whats your problem' when I did this, she was looking for something frantically in her bag...anyway she got out the car and went to grab me so I pushed her off me, now I'm not silly I know I should not of got out of the car, but problem is I did!!!! :panic:
She had a silver item in her hand and brought her hand up and round to my waist and dug it at me........I called the police and told them exactly what happened, they said I shouldn't of got out of the car and an ambulance came to check her out!!!! I kept saying to the police man, but she dug me (with what at the time I thought was a knife, it wasn't it was a pen...but I didn't know this when I pushed her off me) I have marks on my waist and the police have taken pictures of it and so have I.
All I know after 2 hours with police etc...is that I was put on 'street bail' what ever that is???? and told to go to the police station in a week, the police man said that I have been put on bail and that the worse case scenario is that I could be charged with common assault!!!!!
Now I know you are probably thinking well....you get what you deserve because you shouldn't of got out of the car, but can I just explain to you that I am 33 years old, have NEVER EVER in my the whole of my 33 years in life ever had a criminal record, a caution, even a speeding fine this is an incident where this has happened before I even knew what was happening....
what I want to know is do you thinkl I lose my registration? do I contact Ofsted and get advice? do I have to wait to I go to the police station to see if I'm charged? I really don't know what to do, all I know is that it all happpened so fast and now I risk losing my job....
For anyone out there that may get into the same situation as me,all I can say is please stay in your car and don't get out as I risk losing my livelyhood now and yes I got out and had a go, but I didn't do anything else but defend myself.
Thnak you for taking time to read this and offer your opinions/advice.
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