Does that entitle them to legal advice? Genuine question
Isn't formally arresting him (because, you know, he killed a guy), getting a lawyer in, and allowing him (remember, this is a 78 year old man) the chance to correctly get across his story in a clear manner, alongside legal advice, a much...
Just for those who couldnt comprehend the arrest:
Det Ch Insp Harding said: "While there might be various forms of debate about which processes should be used in cases such as this, it was important that the resident was interviewed by officers under the appropriate legislation; not only for...
"What happened here"
"She slipped and fell down the stairs. The reason her purse is in my hand is that as she fell it flew into the air and would have landed on her baby so I caught it"
"Well sir. This all seems in order. Thank you for your co-operation"
What I love is that some people clearly have a skewed picture of what "being arrested" entails,
It's not always pinned to the floor, cuffed and shouted at, then bundled into a van, before being interrogated down at 'the nick' and thrown into 'the slammer' by THE COPS.
Being arrested can be an...
Hang on. So you would be arrested for something you know you are innocent of. The police allow you the chance to seek legal advice to make sure you correctly portray the events and demonstrate that this was just a horrible situation in which you were scared, protecting your family and...
If they arrest him, isn't he then allowed legal advice in a questioning process?
A lawyer would advise the man of why, legally, the act could be seen as justifiable in self-defence.
I really see absolutely no issue with arresting a man who has, it seems, killed someone.
I find the original uproar in some sectors that the man was arrested as slightly bizarre.
Someone has been killed. Of course he should be arrested 'on suspicion' of murder.
Being arrested on suspicion of something and being charged are two HUGELY different things.