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What is a recordable offence and can you refuse to give your DNA and fingerprints to the police?
What is the essence of a recordable offence and what happens if you decline consent to give your DNA and fingerprints in the station?
What provisions define the notion of a recordable offence? What ...
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Is mere accusation without evidence other than testimony of the accuser, grounds for arrest in the UK?
Several years ago I was stopped in public by the police. Someone had 'identified' me as abusing them in terms of their gender two years before that. Had that happened, I suppose it would have been ...
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Failing to mention when questioned something you later rely on in court
If you are arrested in the UK, you'll hear that your rights include a rider inserted by the 1994 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, after "you do not have to say anything":
But, it may harm ...
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