Hi guys, was wondering if anyone had been in a similar boat or knew what to do.

5pm the other night, nice and sunny no rain etc, I go to pull away RIGHT from a small single lane crossroad junction. my indicators on I'm looking left and right, last look LEFT and just as I pull off to go right, a kid (18/20yrs) flys past my drivers side front wheel, I brake and turn left just stopping in time, he flys by and jumps on the left hand pavement on the road straight ahead of me.

My wife and I nearly jumped out of our skin and this quickly turned to anger as the kid nearly caused me to have an accident, cars are now arriving from left and right of me I go straight ahead now to tell this jerk that hes just nearly been run over and caused an accident (a white car on my right had to brake quite sharpley.)

I get belong side him and my wife winds her passanger side window down and gets a load of abuse. So I accelerate a bit and turn left onto the pavement well ahead of him (30m) as if I'm going onto someones path, but putting a barrier of sorts between where he was going. No danger as far as I'm concerned. Wife windows down and "watch what your doing idiot you could have been knocked over and we could have crashed, be more careful." I then reverse as the idiot go's past and I drive off.

3 hours later the cops turn up at my door and arrest my wife and I. Her for a public order offence (apparently threatening to kill him ?) me for attempted assault and dangerous driving.

after 8 hours in the police station cells we both get out. The wifes charge is dropped and so is my assault charge, but they still do me for dangerous driving. Apparently, a witness handily happened to hear me screech to a halt (NOT) and then reverse away after he says he saw the lad screaming at my wife. He says he heard my car screech to a halt and looked up to see what was happening, so how did he see me driving dangerously ?

Sorry for the long post but what the hell should I do ? I've already got a solicitor but does anyone have any ideas ?

Any witnesses ?

Is this kid the son of the chief police commissioner or something ?

Sorry - but without any witnesses - it is your word against his

1 bloke who said he looked up to see me parked with 1 wheel on the pavement when he heard a car squeal to a halt (I have ABS, so no skid) to see the kid shouting at us in our car.

Hi

Maybe the bloke heard the white car skidding - you said they had to stop suddenly.

Was the kid on a bike or a motorbike? Could he have been speeding?