The accused can not be asked
about the alleged offences if he or she testifies.
The database contains information
about alleged offences, personal characteristics of suspects, cautionary warnings (e.g. Violent), a list of prior convictions and in some cases fingerprints.
Not exact matches
He was first questioned by police
about the accusations, made by women who were under 14 at the time of the
alleged offences, last year.
Chris Huhne's future as a Cabinet minister could be determined within weeks after police passed a file to prosecutors yesterday
about an
alleged speeding
offence.
They were charged with
offences relating to
alleged fraudulent diversion of
about N3bn belonging to Benue State.
(emphasis added) 15 It is apparent from this definition that the
alleged offence could have occurred on September 28, 1978, and still have been within the meaning of the expression «on or
about».
14 The information
alleges that the
alleged offence occurred «on or
about the 1st day of October A.D. 1978».
And what
about a defendant who was not honest with themselves at the time
about what they were doing at the time of the
alleged offence; can they give an honest account now?
The compulsion under s 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 — the duty on the registered keeper of a vehicle to give information
about the driver of the vehicle — flows from the fact that all who own or drive motor cars know that by doing so they subject themselves to a regulatory regime; the section does not sanction prolonged questioning
about facts
alleged to give rise to criminal
offences.