criminal damage allegations

[crystalbee27]

my husband and i voluntarily attended the Police station following allegations from our landlord that we had entered one of his empty properties next door to ours and damaged an internal door while looking for our cat which had gone missing. We were arrested and questioned under caution and fingerprints taken. We were released on bail and when we returned were re-interviewed as my fingerprint had been found on an external door of the property (which i admitted in the first interview may be found as I did try the garage door to see if it was open) and husbands had been found inside the garage. We were both told by our solicitor to make a 'no comment' second interview, answering either no comment or 'I have already answered this question in the previous interview' . We were NOT CHARGED and released on bail pending CPS advice. There are no witnesses, though the landlord claims I told him I would break in to get the cat if he did not come to the house with the keys - this is totally untrue and in fact the night of the incident I called the Police to see what the best course of action would be - they then called the landlord to try and persuade him to come out and he refused . My question is: is it likely the CPS will prosecute this case - neither of us has ever been in trouble with the police before not even a traffic offence. If they do decide to prosecute on the grounds of the finger print found in the garage -would i be prosecuted along with my husband even though they have no forensic proof i was there? it has been hinted by our solicitor that if my husband pleads guilty he will at most get a conditional discharge -but why should I plead guilty to something i did'nt do?

[dotty.]

Sounds like your landlord has serious issues with you, what a twit!

[bednobs]

have answered on your other post

[crystalbee27]

@dotty -well thankfully he's not our landlord anymore - we are suing him through DPS as he refuses to release our 750 pound security deposit - saying he needs to replace all the carpets in the house because of our cat- unfortunately for him we took dated photos showing a lovely clean house, and had two witnesses with us when we handed back the keys - he wants the money to refurb the place - he is nuts -we've also found out that the criminal damage allegedly done by us next door was more than likely done by a squatter who was living in the property for a few days -probably a tramp - even if this incident gets thrown out by the CPS the stress has been unbelievable -i will be suing him one way or another