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"Am I going down?"

Some may remember a tale I told about a barn.

This barn, after a bit of idiocy from my close friend neal. Got burnt to the ground. In brief, my friend was working in a barn. Stacking a selection of broken chip and pin machines. It was a cold day in January and so he decided to start a fire to keep warm. Using my lighter my friend recklessly started a fire on a stack of boxes and then later, upon request, in a bin, away from danger. As the situation wore on my friend moved the bin nearer to him, which I questioned, the fire flicked from the metal bin and hit a stack of boxes. To cut a long story short, the barn burnt to the ground.

1 month later he is arrested, he tells his arresting officer that it was I that started the fire. So I was arrested. I told the truth, as stated above. 4 months down the line we are both charged with Arson.

I appear in court next week.

I am, as some will known, a Cambridge university student, with a small desire to be a teacher. This offense could see my dreams dashed and my prospects ruined. I have no idea what the minimum sentence is (be it imprisonment or community service), nor do I know EXACTLY what I did wrong.

At the moment my "close friend" still insists it was I that was responsible for the fire.

Help???

Don't get angry.

If you ever feel angry, get a pumpkin and a knife, carve "YOU'RE NEXT" into it and stick it on the person's doorstep.

It'll be seen as an accident at the most.

Is "gutted" too harsh a pun?

I'm sorry to say Dringo, but it was a huge laugh to you at the time. Looks like that's turned around and bit you in the ass, as soon as consequences are involved.....

Then again, you know the rule.

Innocent = guilty

Guilty = innocent

go with toe's advice.

Help???

Don't drop the soap, mate.

Sorry to hear about it. Doesn't sound like a very good friend to me. I wish you all the best, as I can only imagine what you're going through. I'm afraid I can't do more than that. Again, best of luck; and if you believe in God, perhaps he'll look out for you.

Shave your head and wear as much gold and shiney stuff as you can.
You'll get away with it* - especially if the justice system in Cambridge works the same as it does where I live.

*Not saying that you actually did it or anything. But good luck, kick your friend in the nuts and tell him what a wan ker he is.

Remember what I said at the time?

Dringo wrote:
> And this is indeed a first, and last, offense.

It'll probably cut no slack due to the damage caused. If it's a first and last offense, why say it's an offense you've caused in the first place?

Arson?

Glad I ain't you