Being Verballed By The Filth
Young Ronnie was thought to have been a bit naughty, back in the dim and distant.

Actually it was self defence, and luckily the court agreed.

Still, being presented with a sworn statement from a copper just before the case kicked off to the effect that I'd said "Yes, it was me, I did it" was a bit of an eye-opener.

Especially as I'd taken full advantage of the old (and now departed) right to silence during the interview.

Cunts.
(Ronnie Spleen MMMMNEURRGH I AM A GAY SPAZ AND I LOVE IT UP MY BU, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 0:16, 18 replies)

The police force would work perfectly
if it didn't attract the sort of person who wants to be a policeman.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 3:12, closed)

Right on!
Blummin zoos!
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 9:42, closed)

Bumming zoos?

(Spleep Shit, or get off the internet., Thu 9 Aug 2012, 10:11, closed)

Gay clubs?

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 10:19, closed)

Homosexual truncheons?

( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Thu 9 Aug 2012, 12:43, closed)

Queer sticks?

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 12:58, closed)

"We're going to do a panda."
"Right on! Blummin zoos!"

amiright?
(McChinaman banned, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 10:51, closed)

The very same.
"What's your favowite type of gig, PIG?
Bawwy Manilow?
Or the black & white minstwel show?!"
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 10:58, closed)

By amazing coincidence
Just watched that very episode last night. Comedy doesn't get much better.
(McChinaman banned, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 11:52, closed)

"Look - I've got some twousers just like yours ... they're gweat, aren't they?"

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 11:55, closed)

I've been wanting to talk to you about Trotsky.
Has anyone got a straight?

My barely adequate psychic defences are crumbling!

You're in TWUBBLE!
(McChinaman banned, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 13:36, closed)

A Vagabond:
Wait a minute...

The OP posted a story specifically about the police trying to frame him, and replying that the wrong people join the police makes me a paranoid right-on lefty?
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 11:28, closed)

It's a bit of an awful, trendy over-generalisation.
Sure some policemen are twats. Some are great. I've got a couple of mates in the force. They're ace. Some of their mates are twats. 'Twas ever thus.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 11:32, closed)

The right to silence hasn't been removed.
They just helpfully point out that it might harm your defence if you take it.

Which is actually quite nice of them.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 9:42, closed)

They always did that.
What they've done is allowed silence to be viewed as suspect behaviour that shows guilt.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 10:05, closed)

Not so much "allowed" it, as "pointed it out".
I sat on a jury a couple of years ago, and out of four of them only one spoke to the police, and he was the one that went down.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 10:18, closed)

Whatever the police say about the quality of your defence, under no circumstance do you ever, ever, EVER say anything in an interview.
Ever. They're not looking to get to the bottom of it, so unless you've got damning evidence on or about you that pins you to the offence, shut the hell up and let your solicitor do the talking.

The absolute worst thing you can possibly do is have an interview where you're coming across as being selectively silent.
( Frisbee OG wanker, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 11:29, closed)

It depends on the context of the alleged crime under investigation. In some circumstances, a solicitor can advise a client to remain silent without it adversely affecting the case. For instance, if the client has mental issues and will suffer during an interview.

As I understand it, common advice these days is to give a no comment interview and hand in a written statement instead to avoid adverse inferences being drawn.
(anvil, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 11:22, closed)