gavin wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
>
perhaps I'm being cynical but I forsee this more and more - it helps
populate the DNA database with minimum effort. It seems to be arrest
now, ask questions later.
He should have made a counter allegation against the neighbour who would
have ended up in the adjoining cell but at least the neighbour would
have joined the database too.
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Robbie |