What Would You Choose To Do.

[nicebloke1]

If you were arrested on suspicion of a very serious crime, would you on interview / questioning adhere to your solicitors advice to give a (no comment) to every question asked, or would you answer all questions. By the way, you have done nothing wrong and are completely innocent and know nothing of this crime your being asked about.

[TheWinner]

I think most people would answer every question if they HADN'T done anything.

but if they HAD done it, would answer NO COMMENT.

 

[TheWinner]

Are you watching something where they keep answering "No comment"?

[nicebloke1]

I was listening to a detective the other night giving his view on people who give a no comment interview. Just wonder what the views would be on here.

[TheWinner]

what did the detective say?

[ToraToraTora]

If i was really innocent then I'd answer. The "no comment" routine is for the guilty hoping to get off by not giving plod any information and thus relying on a technicality to get the prosecution abandoned or perhaps thrown out of court on a technicality or lack of evidence.

[TheWinner]

exactly TTT.

[nicebloke1]

The detective said 98% guilty plus what TTT says. So does the solicitor know that they have done the crime already, because it appears all these solicitor advise the same?

[Peter Pedant]

no comment - why have a solicitor and not follow his advice? - By the way if you already have a lawyer then there is something going on you know about....( they are expensive men to invite over just for a cup of tea)

Here is something useful

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c06409ae5274a6a67719948/2018_CodeC-NoRE-_Voluntary__HO__Final__NoHighlights_18-12-04.pdf

I HAVE given an interview without a lawyer before I found the above. He was very cagey about why he was there

lit " I expect you know why I am here" (!) me: No I dont. Later it came out that a neighbour who owed me money (CCJ) had said I had taken a photo of her bathing her ickle baby on her patio.

He demanded seeing 45 min of our CCTV even tho the angles were obviously wrong and so it was an impossibility. It then transpired that he knew that, and it was more a fishing expedition. - in that he said, you have control of the house next door and that overlooks the patio, and we went thro the whole thing again. 

so what was the question ? keep your mouth shut.

In the mormon book fraud ( selling Brigham Youngs books when they er werent BY's property - ever). A bookseller chuckled - "they say never speak to the cops. I did 2 y in prison to learn that!"

oops  ( sold a duff book and was shown to know it was duff)

[TheWinner]

I think the solicitor advises what their rights are.

[TheWinner]

I don't have time to read everything that PP has posted, but I thinks its the best link he has posted for a long time. Well done PP.

[nicebloke1]

Well i did read the link, but the rest left me in a state of... no comment. :0))

[gulliver1]

Think I would send for Retrocop.

[Peter Pedant]

The welsh fella who killed the little girl (April)  kicked off with a no-comment interview which drew attention to  himself

[Peter Pedant]

thank you winner

I think you must be the only one who bothers to click on any of my links !

[Peter Pedant]

If i was really innocent then I'd answer. 

well.... the post office clerks were making entries so that Horizon balanced

and the investigators said " that is false accounting" - making entries which they knew were false.

wham bam, down they went - hundreds of them !

( some discussion 23 y later as to whether it really was)

[TheWinner]

to be fair PP I don't always understand your answers, but you are probably more intelligent than most would give you credit for. Also, your perspicacity should be acknowledged.

[ToraToraTora]

"to be fair PP I don't always understand your answers, but you are probably more intelligent than most would give you credit for." - on what do you base that assesment?

[TheWinner]

my assessment,.

[ToraToraTora]

Perspicacity? More like spraffing (Scot.)

[nicebloke1]

TTT. Its called reading between the lines, to do that you have to sometimes study whats in front of you, ie read it more than once, it can be fun and interesting trying to work it out. Best answer for PP. :0))