That's the problem, unless you are genuinely in fear of your life, you have to reveal you name and address, in your witness statements.  

As this wasn't a murder trial, or anything quite as severe as that, withholding these details is not an option, and a reason why many people do not want to be a witness in court.

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Dorf,

How is it that all those phone book roving perverts have never picked on me in any of the last 8 years then?  All of which have been with a directory listing.

Most of the deteriorating social times stuff is really a figment of the vivid imagination of a lot of the population rather than reality.  Too much believing of all the scare stories that are on television etc, etc.  And that's despite there being a couple of people round here I'm not on the best of terms with.

Of course if you live on the 19th floor of some nasty tower block in Stoke Newington I'm fully prepared to believe that you may have more to worry about from your fellow residents though.

But what about the friend on his way over to you by car who can't find your house but has forgotten to take your phone number with him?  Under your system he can't then get hold of you.?

Sometimes when people do not live such exciting lives they look for things to be scared about.  And the media often helps to fuel those fears.

If the problem is as bad as you suggest then making your house invisible would probably be more effective than simply having no number in the phone book.

BillH, I agree. The topic has drifted. We had better get back on track, but first I have to answer NGM and say that I do not know how it is that he has never had any of the perverts calling him. I do really believe though that it is not a figment of the mind that things have socially worsened generally, and the quality of life has declined. (Just as one example the NGN scams did not exist 20 years ago!) A great deal does depend upon where you live though, and that could be the reason for NGM's different view of the world.