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Coronation Street: Why hasn't Maria gotten a lawyer?
Maria has been accused of murder and arrested and this girl has yet to hire a lawyer. Most people the would have hired a lawyer the first time the police brought her in for questioning. She is just letting police build a case against her without having anyone on her side. The dumb chick doesn't realize that she is the number one suspect and their only goal is to find evidence that proves she is guilty.
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Maria has been accused of murder and arrested and this girl has yet to hire a lawyer. Most people the would have hired a lawyer the first time the police brought her in for questioning. She is just letting police build a case against her without having anyone on her side. The dumb chick doesn't realize that she is the number one suspect and their only goal is to find evidence that proves she is guilty.
I think any solicitor would have pointed out early on that the accusation was absurd, so it prolongs the storyline if Maria hasn't access to proper legal advice. As if it hadn't gone on too long already. |
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I think she does realise she's the number one suspect since she's been arrested. People here don't routinely 'hire a lawyer', though there will be a duty solicitor available via the police station.
I think any solicitor would have pointed out early on that the accusation was absurd, so it prolongs the storyline if Maria hasn't access to proper legal advice. As if it hadn't gone on too long already. |
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But most people (and soap characters too) would hire a lawyer the second they are accused of such a serious crime and I do realize they have public defenders but they aren't the best, she needs to hire a really good criminal defense attorney.
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But most people (and soap characters too) would hire a lawyer the second they are accused of such a serious crime and I do realize they have public defenders but they aren't the best, she needs to hire a really good criminal defense attorney.
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But most people (and soap characters too) would hire a lawyer the second they are accused of such a serious crime and I do realize they have public defenders but they aren't the best, she needs to hire a really good criminal defense attorney.
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But most people (and soap characters too) would hire a lawyer the second they are accused of such a serious crime and I do realize they have public defenders but they aren't the best, she needs to hire a really good criminal defense attorney.
Above all, though, she knows she isn't guilty of murder and is pretty much certain that Caz isn't even dead, so her innate sense of justice and fair play will be telling her that this will all be resolved before too long. Of course, she is guilty of the fraudulent marriage, so she'll need representation for that in time but as of yet, she hasn't been charged with anything in that regard. |
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Well apart from the fact that a 'really good' defence lawyer costs a ridiculous amount of money that Maria presumably doesn't have, even if she had the faintest idea how to find one, I'm sure even a lowly public defender/duty solicitor would point out in a heartbeat that Maria has literally no credible case to answer for reasons too numerous to bother listing. But then we wouldn't have all this 'exciting drama' would we?
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I just thought you automatically get a solicitor when you've been arrested for something. Especially murder. I don't know why Maria hasn't been given one.
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Well apart from the fact that a 'really good' defence lawyer costs a ridiculous amount of money that Maria presumably doesn't have, even if she had the faintest idea how to find one, I'm sure even a lowly public defender/duty solicitor would point out in a heartbeat that Maria has literally no credible case to answer for reasons too numerous to bother listing. But then we wouldn't have all this 'exciting drama' would we?
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She'll probably have some representation when we next see her but TBH she doesn't have a lot of money and she's also stuffed with a large credit card bill, which whilst used fraudulently, she's likely to still have to prove that she wasn't negligent in allowing it to happen.
Above all, though, she knows she isn't guilty of murder and is pretty much certain that Caz isn't even dead, so her innate sense of justice and fair play will be telling her that this will all be resolved before too long. Of course, she is guilty of the fraudulent marriage, so she'll need representation for that in time but as of yet, she hasn't been charged with anything in that regard. |
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A really good defence lawyer may cost a lot of money, but a lowly public defence one costs twenty five to life.
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Doesn't she realize innocent people go to jail all time? She was around when Deidre and Gail went to jail for crimes they didn't commit so she should know better.
Maria will have a solicitor in the next episode for sure. She's only juts been flung in a cell. |
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Yes but none of us expect it to happen to us. I wouldn't if I knew I was innocent and that the crime hadn't even been committed in the first place.
Maria will have a solicitor in the next episode for sure. She's only juts been flung in a cell.
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Because the whole storyline is a mess with multiple plot holes.
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Well apart from the fact that a 'really good' defence lawyer costs a ridiculous amount of money that Maria presumably doesn't have, even if she had the faintest idea how to find one, I'm sure even a lowly public defender/duty solicitor would point out in a heartbeat that Maria has literally no credible case to answer for reasons too numerous to bother listing. But then we wouldn't have all this 'exciting drama' would we?
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The cops don't offer you a lawyer - you have to demand it. It's in the cops' interest for you not to have one. If you haven't previously been nicked and so don't already have a brief, you can ask for the duty solicitor - who is just one guy from a rota.
I think Maria should get the infamous northern lawyer 'Mr Loophole', who has had spectacular success getting celebs + footballers off scot-free. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Freeman |
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Maria could have got a fixed fee interview with a solicitor once she realised she was seriously suspected of doing away with Caz. But as others have pointed out, any legal adviser would say straightaway that the police had no case, and we'd lose all this drama.
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Originally Posted by danyell;84584115[B
]I just thought you automatically get a solicitor when you've been arrested for something[/b]. Especially murder. I don't know why Maria hasn't been given one.
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Not in the UK it doesn't. Which is fortunate if you're a single parent lowly-paid hairdresser on a back street in Salford with no access to funds for a top flight lawyer and the Legal Aid system all but abolished.
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Maria's loaded! She had Liam's life insurance, and then sold his share of Lad Rags for £50,000. To Carla. She then sold their house to Dev and rented Audrey's flat.
She should have a few hundred grand in the bank at least! |
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Maria's loaded! She had Liam's life insurance, and then sold his share of Lad Rags for £50,000. To Carla. She then sold their house to Dev and rented Audrey's flat.
She should have a few hundred grand in the bank at least! |
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