CSA prosecution

What exactly is he arguing. That you opened the letter in error or that it isn''t admissible as evidence?

If he wants to make a complaint that you tampered with his post then surely he would have either done it by now or do it regardless of the court case?

Are the CSA aware of how you came by the letter? They may choose not to use it in evidence if they know.

Remember though he is on trial not you.

With regards to the letter, when i moved a couple of years ago a lot of my mail was sent to a different address in error. Someone somewhere had mixed up my old house number with my new street name and for some reason a few different things got sent to this address including work slips etc. I only found out when the resident of the address rang my work ranting and raving!!

Anyway, long story short, i went to this address to apologise and found that the person who lived there had opened ALL of my mail and defaced most of it. This mail included some very private details. I was furious and extremely upset and rang Royal Mail to complain who advised i contact the police. I did so and even though this person had opened dozens of letters not addressed to his name, the best they could do was advise him not to do it again and return any mail he received for me to sender. I was really not happy!!

Anyway, to sum up, this man had opened dozens of my letters, not in error and nothing came of it. You have opened one letter, in error that probably had your surname on it anyway. Even if he does try and use some law to say you tampered with his mail, royal mail and the police wont be interested, and the court would probably dismiss it given that it most likely had your surname on and was a genuine error. I would assume the CSA are basing their court hearing on a lot more than just one letter!!