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False confession
Ray Gosling is being charged with wasting police time after 'confessing' to a mercy killing.
The police haven't been able to substantiate his claim, hence his arrest.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...tinghamshire-11035402
However, Gosling made the claim in a BBC documentary...sure the police have to investigate the claim, but just because they've not been able to corroborate the story, surely it's not fair to prosecute the man?
It's not like he went into a police station and made the claim.
Is this fair?
The police haven't been able to substantiate his claim, hence his arrest.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...tinghamshire-11035402
However, Gosling made the claim in a BBC documentary...sure the police have to investigate the claim, but just because they've not been able to corroborate the story, surely it's not fair to prosecute the man?
It's not like he went into a police station and made the claim.
Is this fair?
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At first it looks wrong - the police chose to investigate, their investigation came to nothing, so they wasted their own time.
But sara is right. If someone makes a public announcement that they've killed someone, the police have an obligation to investigate it whether they want to or not. He would have known that, so he's wasting their time just as surely as if he announced on air that he'd just planted a bomb in a shopping centre.
But sara is right. If someone makes a public announcement that they've killed someone, the police have an obligation to investigate it whether they want to or not. He would have known that, so he's wasting their time just as surely as if he announced on air that he'd just planted a bomb in a shopping centre.