A 22 Year Old Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Murder.

[sandyRoe]

I guess the cc camera images helped identify him.

[naomi24]

?

[wolf63]

Good

[bednobs]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-62362887

[sanmac]

Can a "suspect" be arrested?

[barry1010]

The police released the two men they arrested earlier. Arrested and charged are two very different things

[naomi24]

I suspect strictly speaking he’s a suspect until he’s convicted…. but I don’t know.

[ToraToraTora]

this case has mystified me, how can someone get into a situation where they knife a 9 year old kid?

[barry1010]

He's a suspect until released with no further action or the end of any trial.

[sandyRoe]

Mental illness?

[THECORBYLOON]

Being arrested does not mean someone is guilty.

If they weren't allowed to arrest based only upon suspicion, a lot of guilty folk would be free a great deal longer than they should be.

[Gromit]

// Mental illness? //

Until the police provide a motive, there is no way to tell.

[Buenchico]

>>> Can a "suspect" be arrested?

The standard wording used by the police in this country when arresting someone is "I am arresting you on suspicion of . . . ".

It's irrelevant as to whether or not the police officer has just witnessed that person gunning down a dozen people or driving erratically while swigging from a bottle of vodka. An arrest is always made solely "on suspicion of . . .".

So everyone who is arrested here is always a 'suspect', irrespective of the strength of any evidence against them.

[sanmac]

OK, thanks, Buenchico. I thought that if a person was suspected of committing a crime they were considered to be a "person of interest" and taken in for further questioning and held for a defined period of time pending further investigations.

[barry1010]

sanmac, you have just defined 'arrested'

[sandyRoe]

If a suspect wasn't arrested he could be invited to accompany an officer to the nick. He's not obliged to go.

[barry1010]

But if he refused, he could be arrested, sandy

[ichkeria]

“Can a suspect be arrested”

What are you suggesting as an alternative?

[sanmac]

Perhaps I'm hovering over the distinction between "arrested" and "charged".

[barry1010]

sanmac, charged is when there is enough evidence to get the case to court.

[anneasquith]

Let’s hope he is not another one who will be released after questioning .