AFAICT, it's not Scientology taking the lad to court at all.
He's been arrested on suspicion of having committed a criminal offence by the Police. Whether he goes to court or not is a matter for the Police, and only the Police - they decide whether to pass the file on to the Crown Prosecution Service or not. If it gets as far as the CPS (which I doubt), they then decide whether to prosecute. The CPS make such decisions based on a) whether there's enough evidence for a realistic chance of conviction and b) whether a prosecution would be in the public interest. I'd be amazed if they decide yes.
Still pretty grim for the boy - he has now officially been arrested for a public order offence, which will haunt him indefinitely (depending on what he decides to do with his life).
Scientology could, I suppose, try a civil case against him for libel, but not even they are that daft.
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Date: 2008-05-21 01:36 pm (UTC)He's been arrested on suspicion of having committed a criminal offence by the Police. Whether he goes to court or not is a matter for the Police, and only the Police - they decide whether to pass the file on to the Crown Prosecution Service or not. If it gets as far as the CPS (which I doubt), they then decide whether to prosecute. The CPS make such decisions based on a) whether there's enough evidence for a realistic chance of conviction and b) whether a prosecution would be in the public interest. I'd be amazed if they decide yes.
Still pretty grim for the boy - he has now officially been arrested for a public order offence, which will haunt him indefinitely (depending on what he decides to do with his life).
Scientology could, I suppose, try a civil case against him for libel, but not even they are that daft.