31th of October
Last week I had to attend Brighton Magistrates Court and for a first time give evidence. The defendant broke into my studio and not only caused damage to the premises but also to my artwork. I had to attend court because he pleaded guilty only to damaging the premises and braking into my studio but not to destroying and damaging my artworks. The damaged to my art works was in the value of £5000.
Although I was not being accused I was very nervous in attending this court case. I arrived at Court and sat there and waited patiently for to be called in. After about an hour I was told that the defendant, when was told that I have arrived to give evidence, changed his plea into GUILTY. This meant that I was not longer required to give any evidence. I was thanked for attending and left the court. Next day I found out by the police that the Court case was rescheduled for the 27th October because the defendant lost his plot and when mad….. On the 27th this was finalised and I was told that he was prosecuted and had to do 6months community work at a mental hospital and that I will be paid £350.00 for all the damages.
Unfortunately at this time when my studio was broke into I didn’t had any insurance for the value of my artwork so I can’t claim for any of the damages. Since the damage in March 2010 I’ve moved to a new studio and at present looking into insuring my work.
At the end of this week I had a very productive meeting with Mark Segal and Jo Sanna at ArtSway. We discussed all the projects that I am involved with and the next stages of my Creative Inclusion project. We also discussed the new Artsway shop at Culture Label and what other works they can put for sale. http://artsway.culturelabel.com/
