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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested


buster said:
My only thought is why did it take so long to arrest him ?
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Because the rules that apply to us are not usually applied to them.
CatRyan said:
Does anyone know if you can be arrested without a charge? It is as much a shock to me as anyone that I have as yet not been arrested... do we know what the charge is?
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Not sure what you mean but the arrest is to investigate and the charge is brought if the evidence meets the criteria.

It could be ages before he is charged, if at all.
 
NorbertColon said:
Because the rules that apply to us are not usually applied to them.

Not sure what you mean but the arrest is to investigate and the charge is brought if the evidence meets the criteria.

It could be ages before he is charged, if at all.
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No I think in the UK you have to tell someone what they are charged with if you arrest them. In the US they don't, they can say they can sort all that out in the station. This is why in the UK you get Miranda rights immediately but in the US they are often not told of what the charges are until they ask and they get mirandised in the interrogation room.
 
CatRyan said:
No I think in the UK you have to tell someone what they are charged with if you arrest them. In the US they don't, they can say they can sort all that out in the station. This is why in the UK you get Miranda rights immediately but in the US they are often not told of what the charges are until they ask and they get mirandised in the interrogation room.
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In the UK you are arrested on suspicion of committing a crime, interviewed and evidence submitted to the CPS . They then decide wether or not to charge.
 
CatRyan said:
No I think in the UK you have to tell someone what they are charged with if you arrest them. In the US they don't, they can say they can sort all that out in the station. This is why in the UK you get Miranda rights immediately but in the US they are often not told of what the charges are until they ask and they get mirandised in the interrogation room.
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You are wrong.
You tell them what they are being arrested for, the charge comes later once the CPS say there is enough evidence.

Miranda rights is a US term, we have the caution.
 
NorbertColon said:
You are wrong.
You tell them what they are being arrested for, the charge comes later once the CPS say there is enough evidence.

Miranda rights is a US term, we have the caution.
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My language was clumsy, you're right, so you are told what charges you are being arrested for being under suspicion of having done them... I said what you are charged with... but at point of arrest it is the suspicion. I did not mean to imply you had to be charged before arrest, that would be ICE style 😂
 
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