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Met Police Refuse To Investigate Criminality Within 10 Downing Street
From the Good Law Project (reasons for MET police not investigating) :-
First, they say they relied on the Government’s assurances that no rules had been broken. Then, they say there would have been no point in interviewing No 10 staff about the parties because they would have refused to answer questions that exposed them to a risk of prosecution.
In what other crime would police decline to investigate because the suspect assured them no rules had been broken? (or because they would refuse to answer police questions – comment by Hymie) And those justifications can’t both be true; if no rules were broken, there’s no risk of self-incrimination.
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The Good Law Project are issuing formal legal proceedings to force the Met to revisit their decision not in investigate the criminality at 10 Downing Street.
First, they say they relied on the Government’s assurances that no rules had been broken. Then, they say there would have been no point in interviewing No 10 staff about the parties because they would have refused to answer questions that exposed them to a risk of prosecution.
In what other crime would police decline to investigate because the suspect assured them no rules had been broken? (or because they would refuse to answer police questions – comment by Hymie) And those justifications can’t both be true; if no rules were broken, there’s no risk of self-incrimination.
For more information see here
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The Good Law Project are issuing formal legal proceedings to force the Met to revisit their decision not in investigate the criminality at 10 Downing Street.
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Offences under the various Coronavirus Regulations were/are 'summary only'. That means that the 'laying of information' before a magistrates' court must happen within six months of any alleged offence. After that time, no prosecution is possible.
So I can see no reason why the Met, or any other police force, should waste time investigating any alleged breaches of the Coronavirus Regulations that might have occurred nine months ago (irrespective of where the alleged breaches took place or the people alleged to have been involved in such breaches). As nobody can be prosecuted, any such investigation would simply be a waste of police time.
So I can see no reason why the Met, or any other police force, should waste time investigating any alleged breaches of the Coronavirus Regulations that might have occurred nine months ago (irrespective of where the alleged breaches took place or the people alleged to have been involved in such breaches). As nobody can be prosecuted, any such investigation would simply be a waste of police time.
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CHRIS, that is not correct. From the CPS website,
"Time Limits
Offences under the Coronavirus Regulations are not governed by the 6 month time limit (from the offence date) set out in section 127(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts. The Regulations are made under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and section 64A of this Act states that the time limit for proceedings is:
•before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which evidence which the prosecutor thinks is sufficient to justify the proceedings comes to the prosecutor’s knowledge; and
•within 3 years of the date of the commission of the offence."
"Time Limits
Offences under the Coronavirus Regulations are not governed by the 6 month time limit (from the offence date) set out in section 127(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts. The Regulations are made under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and section 64A of this Act states that the time limit for proceedings is:
•before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which evidence which the prosecutor thinks is sufficient to justify the proceedings comes to the prosecutor’s knowledge; and
•within 3 years of the date of the commission of the offence."
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