reading of my rights on detention

[bwfcolinh58]

over the christmas period , i was arrested and charged with being drunk and disorderly, and held for7 hours.
on being released the desk seargent realised i had not been read my rights on arrival.

can i have this charge dropped

thank you

colin

[Ethel]

Was that because you were too drunk to understand them?

[bwfcolinh58]

no, but if i was i could not have given my name D. O . B address and so on..

[RevFunk]

People like you make me sick.

Wasting the polices time because you cant hold your drink.

W3anker.

[bwfcolinh58]

ok , mr never done owt wrong in my life............

[sara3]

are you saying you were never cautioned? ("you do not have to say anything".. etc)

were you cautioned when you were arrested? would you remember anyway?

honestly, if you were never cautioned (and could prove this) anything you said whilst being interviewed (and I believe you would have been cautioned on tape) might be inadmissible in court.

I would advise you to get a transcript of the interview, but would be surprised if all 3 opportunities (arrest, custody and interview) to caution you were missed.

[fredpuli47]

You are supposed to be told your rights and the fact of your being so told is to be recorded in writing.The only real evidence that any custody officer has that you were not told them is the absence of any written record.(Your rights include having the right to have some person you nominate being informed of your arrest and detention, subject to certain restrictions)
The fact that there's no record apparent doesn't prove you weren't told them. As said, it's highly unlikely that you weren't made aware of, or no effort was made to have you aware of, your rights. (It's a fair bet that, you were in no state to remember now or understand then what was said, if anything)

[Mr Veritas]

I am sorry,but if the Police arrested you for being drunk and disorderly,then it is QUITE possible that you were SO drunk you don't remember being cautioned(probably at the time of arrest).
I think sara has the most accurate answer howver.

[bwfcolinh58]

to quote the desk sarge, just prior to my release .." oh ****, we didnt caution you did we ?"

and this will be on the cctv available for 31 days

[B00]

Now this might seem a bit to simplistic here...but surely if you were drunk and disorderly, then you deserved the arrest?

Why are you trying to weasel out of it now?

[RevFunk]

Bottom line is:

It's yr word against the Police.

So take yr punishment and crawl back under the stone you came from underneath.

FYI, I have been going on on the lash for over 20 years and havent been nicked once.

Like I said before:

w3anker

[bwfcolinh58]

come for a drink with me revfunk, we need to discuss this more.... you self rightous prick.

are you the type of rev who hangs about with choirboys?

[fredpuli47]

Ah, bwfcolin, spoken like a man who get drunk and get's arrested for being a threatening violent nuisance!

That's the spirit !

[bwfcolinh58]

yeah man, will hold my hands up when guilty....

but not this time

thanks for the replys folks......


even you rev

[tigerlily11]

From your post it looks like the desk sergent was asking you if you had been cautioned.
But they do only drag you in you have been a pain in the bum.

[badcompany]

fork the police!

[Mr Veritas]

no.knowledge,
Did you really mean ******* up in a police cell? LOL

[Mr Veritas]

w@nking up