Your UK guide to detainment
for
criminal offences –
everything you need to know
ABV Solicitors
If you have been arrested by
an officer of the law for
charges related to a serious
criminal activity, you may
want to consider enlisting
the professional help of a
criminal solicitor.
Regardless of whether or
not these charges relate to
burglary,
assault
or
manslaughter, a criminal solicitor is able to offer insight into your best course of
action, what you can do to protect your rights as well as how to formulate the best
defence strategy.
The police are legally obligated to advise you about the charges being filed against you
and the timeframe for your detainment. For other information or added insight a
criminal solicitor is key to finding out more.
What happens during the detainment stage of the process in the UK?
For those of you wondering what takes place during the detainment stage of the
process, the police are able to hold you for up to 24 hours in total at which time they
can question you before being required to charge you with a criminal offence. If no
charges are laid the police will be forced to release the person in custody. Should you
find yourself subject to a detainment, contact a criminal solicitor immediately to enlist
legal aid. This will
help you to determine
the most effective way
forward
when
managing
the
situation and could
result in the charges
being dropped.
For those people that
are being held for a
serious
criminal
offence such as an
act of terrorism, it is
possible
that you
could be detained
without
charges
being filed for up to
14 days in total as
opposed
to
the
general rule of a
single day. This will
be at the discretion
of the police managing the case and those that have made the arrest. In another
instance, for anyone that is thought to have committed a serious crime such as a
murder, the police are legally able to hold you for up to 96 hours if they wish as a result
of an arrest for murder-related charges. For th