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Something a bit retro ? Fit 'em up for a pub bombing.

You could have them for littering. Extension of litter offence to all open places In section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) (offence of leaving litter), for subsections (1) to (4) substitute— “(1)A person is guilty of an offence if he throws down, drops or otherwise...

[Walks away from thread, hat at a jaunty angle, whistling nonchalantly]

In a police station you will be shitting yourself and if your solicitor tells you to answer their questions in order to be released and go home you will. All this bullshit about not answering whilst under arrest is bravado.

Of course you have every right to take this course of action but it would be likely to see you held for much longer. Do you think that the police would say "Oh well, if you won't answer our questions, you'd better be on your way then, sorry to have disrespected you" ? If only Harold Shipman had...

If, in protecting your family, someone dies or is seriously injured and you tell the police you did it, you will be arrested, whether you expect it or not. The arrest is so that the facts can be established, it is not a presumption (except perhaps by the tabloid press) of guilt. Why do you say...

He was arrested as part of an investigation onto a death. Are you suggesting that the decision on whether to arrest should be down to how scared the potential offender claims to have been ? However, with your vast knowledge of the law and police procedure in general and this case in all it's...

What evidence do you have to suggest he wasn't treated with respect ?

Why ? Has he, or his solicitor complained ? Are they accusing the police of an abuse of process ? If you read the link provided by Brightonfan1983 in post #173 it is explained why this was done. It's not as if they've shipped him off to Guantanamo Bay, he will have been looked after.

Whoooshh

Waits for the more apoplectic posters to shout "Bail ! BAIL ?!?!? He should of got a meddle !"

Which is almost certainly why he was arrested; he would, before any interview, be entitled to consult a solicitor who would ensure he would not incriminate himself. A man has died and the police have to conduct a full, proper and unbiased investigation, no matter what their first thought may...