I have been randomly selected as the juror in Old Bailey and was prepared to attend the 2 weeks jury service there. I was quite scared when I received the letter as I never been to court and don’t know what to expect. All I know is cases in Old Bailey are quite serious.

The whole morning was wasted as there are lots of hanging around. Me and 30 other jurors were called into the court. I can’t remember when was the last time my heart was beating so fast. Since the case will be around 2 months instead of 2 weeks. We have to tell the judge if we can commit to it. My names have been called and I went to the judge and explained it will be very difficulty for the ward if I am away for a long period of time. He wasn’t quite convince my ‘important role’ and put me on standby. Funny enough my GP was in the same case as me and he was on standby as well. The best excuse of escaping from doing that case is if you had a prepaid holiday. Can you believe it?

At the end, they have found enough jurors for that case so I was released. I was quite disappointed, as I want to be a juror in a small case for 2 weeks. Never mind ….will see if I am lucky enough to be selected again.