A friend of mine has just told me about how he was arrested recently for an
alleged assault. The police reaction seemed well over the top to me and I
wondered what anyone else thought?
Apparently, my mate's neighbour has dogs which bark constantly and that
really tees him off. The dogs were barking the other night fairly late on so
apparently he went out to have a word with his neighbour who told him to
"eff off".
Not many minuets later a police van pulls up outside. After a while they
knock on his door and arrest him for assault. The neighbour called the
police alleging that my mate had "pushed" him!
My mate denied the charge but nevertheless the police handcuffed him, put
him the back of the van and took him to the police station where he spent
the next seven hours in a cell!!! Eventually, they interviewed him and
whoever makes these decisions said there was no charge to answer and so he
was released?
My mate said there were no witnesses so I'm assuming that was why the charge
was dropped.
But surely the police investigating the charge at the time would have known
that there were no witnesses and so there wouldn't be a charge to answer?
My friend was not asked for his side of the story until he was interviewed
more than six hours later.
Given that the alleged incident was a push and that there were no witnesses
anyway isn't it just a little over the top to arrest my mate and handcuff
him - certainly without asking him his version of the events first? My
friend, by the way, has never been in any trouble before and a milder bloke
you couldn't wish to meet.
I'd be interested in any comments.
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