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Police Caution For Exposure
I was at a wedding last night, couldn't get a taxi so decided to walk. Half an hour into my walk I had to pee. No where open at 3am so turned up a entry into a dark carpark. Whilst relieving myself, lights can on at the other end of the car park. PSNI! I tried to walk away but they stopped me. Took a photo of the crime and said I was exposing myself. I didn't get fined but they took my details and gave me a slip which I stupidly binned. I remember looking at the slip and they had spelt my surname wrong. I also remember them calling the station to get a RU number? But nobody picked up so the slip was incomplete and they got tired waiting. They told me that I wasn't getting a fine but the crime will be on my enhanced dbs for 12 months.
I was drunk so the details arent too clear in my head.
Can someone tell me what the slip was, was it a caution?
The slip didn't have this RU number they were trying to get, therefore is it invalid?
Lastly, my surname was spelt wrongly, will it show on a enhanced dbs?
Thanks in advance
I was drunk so the details arent too clear in my head.
Can someone tell me what the slip was, was it a caution?
The slip didn't have this RU number they were trying to get, therefore is it invalid?
Lastly, my surname was spelt wrongly, will it show on a enhanced dbs?
Thanks in advance
Answers
It may have been a Community Protection Warning Notice. My son got one for exactly the same offence as you. It means that the cops have found you out doing something that could be detrimental to the community but you have not been charged nor convicted of a crime. It is not a formal caution as such. It won't be on your normal record check, should anyone need to look...
12:01 Sat 06th Aug 2022
no I dont think it can have been one of those
( honestly dont throw away police notices)
as it fulfils none of the criteria
( repeated action)
([Joke: Mike might say: 'well I was possing about' hur hur hur]
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( honestly dont throw away police notices)
as it fulfils none of the criteria
( repeated action)
([Joke: Mike might say: 'well I was possing about' hur hur hur]
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That's true, Gromit, but truly public car parks (as opposed to private car parks that only allow certain people to enter and /or park) have a special status in the law
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// The case before mine was a guy appearing for the second time because the first time they got his name wrong. They also got it wrong this time. //
How did that prevent the case proceeding? It's a simple matter to amend any details of the charge (including the name of the accused) in court on the day of the hearing (in fact, right up to the closure of the prosecution's case). Provided the Magistrates are satisfied that the person in the dock is the person the prosecution say he is, that's all that matters.
//Surely any decent magistrate would criticise the police and dismiss the case,...//
Magistrates do not have the power to "dismiss the case". Only the prosecutor can withdraw the matter (with the court's agreement). If the prosecutor insists on continuing, it must be heard.
Whoever got the defendant's name wrong it was not the Magistrates. They don't provide the details, they only hear the details that are put before them.
How did that prevent the case proceeding? It's a simple matter to amend any details of the charge (including the name of the accused) in court on the day of the hearing (in fact, right up to the closure of the prosecution's case). Provided the Magistrates are satisfied that the person in the dock is the person the prosecution say he is, that's all that matters.
//Surely any decent magistrate would criticise the police and dismiss the case,...//
Magistrates do not have the power to "dismiss the case". Only the prosecutor can withdraw the matter (with the court's agreement). If the prosecutor insists on continuing, it must be heard.
Whoever got the defendant's name wrong it was not the Magistrates. They don't provide the details, they only hear the details that are put before them.
