Precisely. You are persuaded to firstly act as a criminal by "no comment" being the best defence rather than telling the truth and secondly plead guilty to get a lesser sentence (and save loads of money) despite the fact that you are innocent.
The system is not only corrupt and skewed for those...
Thanks. I do actually really appreciate support such as your comment (tiny things) as this is an ongoing two year (so far) nightmare for me and my family caused entirely by the ego of one police officer (gawd bless er, sure she luvs er mum) and the ineptitude of the CPS. So when I say thanks I...
You clearly haven't experienced this system first hand. I hope you never have to despite the fact that it would remove those rose tinted specs. It's a horrible mess that doesn't use any such logic.
Mine was/is a complicated situation and my (excellent) solicitor actually advised that I answer as thoroughly and truthfully as possible (second interview) as they basically had no case.
Unfortunately the CPS is also massively underfunded, full of people who don't want to be there as they're...
Very true. Unfortunately for me I was always of the opinion that telling the truth is more important than playing their game (answering as truthfully as possible rather than "no commenting" when they are misrepresenting the truth in questions). It's not done me any favours so far though. We...
I've no idea if these lads actually did anything wrong or not but I do have personal (and ongoing) experience of the fact that the police twist and fabricate evidence in order to persuade the CPS to press charges.
This is an entirely one sided process as, of course, the only information the...