Really? A minor making an allegation is enough to obtain a warrant to tip a house upside down? Fair enough, I believe you, I'm sure you know more about it than me. Incredibly surprising, that's all.
That would seem to me the most logical explanation were it not for the fact that they've been able to search his home.
Yes it is and it was her father that went to the cops by all accounts who later or are now investigating what he read on her twitter/facebook account of her bragging (alledgedly)
My sentiments exactly, however, in present times with the high profile sexual abuse and police failings, I think the warrant would have been given considering the complaint came from a parent. If something did happen and the police didn't act on the first complaint it would create a political and media **** storm for the police.
Fair enough, I was just presuming to be fair, although I would never make any comment about his guilt or innocence. I just believed it would take more than an allegation to obtain a warrant, otherwise people's houses would be getting tipped upside down every other day.
Excellent point the spotlight and scrutiny has really been turned up on these kinds of cases in the last couple of years.
They're taking an allegation seriously. Why wouldn't they search his house? It's the second thing I'd expect the police to do, right after taking him in.
If the alleged offence took place at a particular address the police have absolutely no option but to search it. What you believe bears no relation to fact.
Of course they can, who knows what has been said, they can look for traces of dna anywhere, bed, cars, kitchen bench, toilet wherever, to prove she was where she was when she said she was on social media
Because everyone has a certain right to privacy, which is the whole reason that warrants exist, to prevent people just having their privacy invaded on the back of nothing but allegations. I appreciate following other comments that it may have worked differently in this case though.
In order to search a home a magistrate has to be convinced that it is more likely than not that an offence has been committed there. One person's word against another just doesn't come under that bracket for me.
[QUOTE="John Cardew, post: 7694006, member: 1030523"]In order to search a home a magistrate has to be convinced that it is more likely than not that an offence has been committed there. One person's word against another just doesn't come under that bracket for me.[/QUOTE] That's not true either.
