sconnie420
Ex-Bluelighter
I'm sorry dude and Good luck.. I really hope all this turns out in your favor.
Rather than thinking in terms of negative consequences, its a good habit to start including one positive possibility or outcome into your thinking patterns! We all project our anxieties into the future, so its helpful to project something positive as well to kind of "balance" things out a bit.
thank goodness for the senior probation guy
Keep us updated and try to remain calm. It sounds like the senior probation member knew a little of what he was doing and how it can help you, so that offers some good hope 


Update.
Luckily there was a senior probation guy in court who managed to persuade the judge to adjourn sentencing for 2 or 3 weeks so that they (the probation service) can put together a comprehensive report. I'm going in to talk to them next week.
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Thanks for the posts Stardust, Herbavore and benzohead.
The probation man talked to me very briefly before I left court and he said to me:
"This is ridiculous. You need our help and support. Not punishment. When you're interviewed by me you can tell me everything. You can take 2 or 3 hours if necessary, time is not an issue."
As Stardust astutely commented, the probation guy was the only person batting for team me that day. Truly. I swear if he hadn't been there I'd walked out of that court (if at all as a free man...) and straight away topped myself. Swear to god.
I haven't slept properly in a week, just a nervous wreck. Thank you so much to you guys in this thread for taking the time to share your thoughts about my current predicament.
I'm wishing the best for you David!
Knocking yourself off (and I'm not going to lie, I've definitely strongly considered it in the past) is a massive spiritual No-no. Think about it, out of the countless millions of sperm you got there first, the chances you're even alive as you are is beyond astronomical. You can't just give that up. Give it literally everything you have, be like a pit-bull in your stubborness to go-on, and one day I GUARANTEE you'll look back and laugh.
LSD please read the TDS guidelines, your comment is not appropriate.
I can think of worse things to do to my family than killing myself. In fact how about simply a homicide suicide? Doesn't take much imagination to think that one up.
Update: probation officer prepared a long report and concluded by stating he felt a full psychiatric report (done by a qualified psychiatrist) was what the court should go for.
My solicitor was unsure whether the court would go for that because the funding for said psychiatric report comes from the magistrates court's budget. Was in court last Monday and the magistrates adjourned proceedings for another month and decided to take my probation officer's advice and ask for a full psychiatric report.
I then received a letter this morning giving me an appointment with a psychiatrist on the 26th of October.
Many thanks to all who've been following this saga and sending me good vibes. The suicidal feelings are still there every day but I'm battling them and trying to look for that proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.