Steps to prosecution

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Guys does anyone know the steps to prosecution. i.e. hypothetically speaking, if you are stopped questioned and police checks carried out, notes taken, then the police say its up to the CPS, where do you stand? We were debating this the other day over a beer and I believe that if the police were led to beleive an offence was committed they had to caution you before questioning, otherwise whatever was said was inadmissable in court. They then could decide whether there was enough evidence to charge you. This would then go to the CPS and they would then say whether the case should be prosecuted or not after reviewing all the evidence. My mate seemed to beleive that a written record from the police to the CPS, could then be followed by caution and arrest? Surely however that's not correct as the CPS would be reviewing evidence that had been obtained without a caution and an arrest not in place? Perhaps I'm wrong but it would be useful to know either way.

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It's late. I'm lagging ( ) and you're hinting at a hypothesis ..... But here's a genuine, Real Life example that may be of some use in your own mental deliberations, mate:

 

I was walking on a moterway (bridge, to be exact), with my terrier. As foul luck would have it, the Range Rover happened along and stopped me. He asked what I was doing and I said I was using the bridge to get over the creek beneath, from A to B.

 

Ok, he said. It's understandable but still illegal. I have to take ye name and address and report ye. But I don't suppose much will come of it.

 

Some while later, I got a Court Summons. (Here is where I f***ed up most royally!). The Summons gave me a place to explain myself. And, like a typical, seventeen year old Forum Fighter, I blabbed off about how I'd been out after foxes with the intent of making some money off their skins, to buy a washing machine for my girlfriend! ( I f***ing ask you!) Sent that in to the court and expected that'd be an end of it.

 

Result? Case heard in my absence. Beak was obviously a rabid f***ing Anti. C*** hit me with a forty quid fine, out of a maximum of fifty!!!

 

Lessons learned? 1. They don't need to Caution ye to bring ye deep grief. 2. Don't assume the whole world love a spot of mooching. 3. If that ever happens to you? Do like my then mentor later pointed out I should've done: Say the Dog had slipped his leash and run off, and that ye'd crossed the f***ing bridge to fetch the little bugger back before he caused a pile up!

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Cheers DS for the reply, have to do a little research I guess

[markfox 4]

me and lucky got pulled over by the law with a dear in the back off the car. he asked for the wildlife officer to come and check the dear. out she checked the dear out and she said it had been shot. but it had not been shot. we do not shot after 20 mins of stick of them thay still did not get any were.we said it was a road kill.they did not beleive us.i do not no why.we had no dogs no guns no lamps they were fu/k. she told us to put in the dyke and fu/k off .and she said she is going to get us one day. good luck to her. IT WAS A ROAD KILL :ph34r: :oops: just look after your self.