Remanded in Custody?

[Mowbray]

What exactly does Remanded in Custody mean please?

Does this mean that police will get more time to interview the mother who allegedly murdered her baby boy in a fire?

[Octavius]

It means that the accused is kept in prison before a trial begins.

Once arrested the details are taken, then the accused is informed of their rights. These are that they can speak to an independent solicitor free of charge, have someone told that she has been arrested and that they can consult the codes of practice covering police powers and procedures.

A photo is taken and entered onto the system � they are then referred to as a nominal and will have DNA and fingerprints taken. Details will be run through PNC (Police National Computer) to see if they are wanted for any other offences. DNA will also be checked against any outstanding unsolved crimes.

Once this process is done, they are taken to the cells. Shoes and belt are taken away and they now wait to be interviewed. This could take any amount of time up to 24 hours, when they will have to be released if not charged.

Once taken for an interview, the process is then explained and they are then questioned about the offence.

Once the police have finished questioning a suspect, the police have several choices:

Refer the case to the Crown Prosecution Service for a decision on whether the suspect should be charged, or:

Ask the suspect to return at a later date
Give the suspect a formal warning
Release the suspect if there is no evidence to suggest that they committed the crime.

When the court adjourns a case particularly when they are charged with more serious offences. If the court chooses to remand a person, it can remand them:

on conditional bail
on unconditional bail
to custody (secure remand/prison).

[alan47]

In Scotland a person can be held as an untried prisoner for up to 110 days. This gives the Procurator fiscal a specified time in which to prepare his case and bring it to court.

[Tim Baxter]

Whilst I totally agree with your first paragraph, I don't understand your last two paragraphs, Octavious, if someone is remanded then they're kept locked up, either in police cells or remand centre or prison or other secure unit.  To be allowed bail (whether it be police or otherwise) then they're freed, albeit under certain conditons, until the trial.

So "Remanded in custody" means that they're kept locked up, surely?

[fountain]

Remanded doesn't necessarily mean locked up. You can be remanded on bail or remanded in custody, in either case awaiting a trial.

[JudgeJ]

Another important thing to remember is that the police can only remand a suspect in custody until the first practical opportunity exists for them to take the accused to court. This is usually overnight, but may be longer if the suspect is arrested during a weekend or public holiday.

Magistrates must then decide whether to remand the defendant in custody or on bail and their powers of remand in custody are limited to 21 days before the defendant must be brought to court again.

In general, apart from one or two exceptions involving very serious offence such as murder, manslaughter and rape, all defendants have the right to bail and it is for the prosecution to show why bail should not be granted. The main reasons for refusal of bail are fear that the accused may fail to return to court, fear of the commission of further offences, and fear that the accused may attempt to interfere with witnesses. Conditions to bail are applied to allay these fears.

[Tinybaby17]

What does remanded

[Tinybaby17]

What does remanded mean