I don't know about England but it appears they can in Scotland. I watched one of those cop programs the other night (admittedly it was probably Old), the cops in Edinburgh came to the scene of a bloke who'd been beaten up and was just getting out of the back of an ambulance. He'd already given his details to the departing medics so didn't want to give them again for some reason. After trying to reason with him for a while, the cops arrested him.
No, he can't be arrested purely for failing to furnish details, he must have committed or be suspected of a substantive offence in the first place.
Not the best example, there must have been a suspicion that he had been involved in a pubic order act offence or responsible for an assault himself. He cannot be arrested simply for failing to give his details as the victim of an assault. If it was as you have described, and he was purely a victim, then he was arrested unlawfully.
It probably wasn't uptodate (so probably isn't a good example indeed) but thats the way it came across but I'm no legal eagle, it appeared the cops had been very patient with him; despite the commentary, they probably did do him with being D&D too.
Yep, you got it.
Some people enjoy making them out to be worse than they are (Daily Fail headlines about local authorities invoking terrorist legislation to snoop inside your wheelie bin anyone?)...... otherwise the last govt made an absolute career out of making up new offences where the money could have been better spent equipping the police to enforce existing legislation, and ensuring the CPS and Magistrates courts took old legislation seriously when faced with it.
Oh yes, well spotted!I'm sure it's nothing a good trim wouldn't have sorted out
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You needed to read the rest of that sentence Jez and not quote me before the full stop!
