Advising Suspect at the police station

Question 1

Suspect’s options at interview

Answer 1

• Answer questions
• go “no comment”
• hand in prepared statement

Question 2

adverse inferences

Answer 2

Basic principle that a suspect has the right to silence. However s.34 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order act allows adverse inferences to be drawn by the magistrate or jury as to why D did not raise such a defence at the time of questioning.

Question 3

Argent factors

Answer 3

• age
• experience
• mental capacity
• state of health
• sobriety
• Tiredness