Hi everybody, I've finally had the courage to post on here.
I was accused of Abuse of Trust offence against a 16 year old girl 17 months ago. I was arrested in June 2010 and questioned. My solicitor advised that I provide a prepared statement and then give a no comment interview.
I was then continuously rebailed up until the end of October 2011. At that interview my solicitor told me that he had been given the impression that the OIC wanted the case to 'go away'. Consequently, he advised another no comment interview. On that date I was told that the case file was being sent to the cps, and that he anticipated that no charges would be forthcoming.
At the beginning of December the cps wrote to my solicitor to ask for permission to open the original tape recording of my interview, as they said the working copy had been destroyed due to 'the length of time that had passed'. This permission was granted. My solicitor told me that he could not understand the request as it had been a no comment interview and so could provide no assistance to the cps.
Since then I have heard nothing. I am due to re-attend the police station on January 19th. After 17 months of waiting I am feeling absolutely desperate to the point where I feel I can't eat or sleep. Is this delay normal? Surely after 17 months they must know if they have enough evidence to charge me or not?
I'm sorry if I've rambled on but as I said above I'm feeling really low at the moment and the waiting is making everything so much worse.
I was accused of Abuse of Trust offence against a 16 year old girl 17 months ago. I was arrested in June 2010 and questioned. My solicitor advised that I provide a prepared statement and then give a no comment interview.
I was then continuously rebailed up until the end of October 2011. At that interview my solicitor told me that he had been given the impression that the OIC wanted the case to 'go away'. Consequently, he advised another no comment interview. On that date I was told that the case file was being sent to the cps, and that he anticipated that no charges would be forthcoming.
At the beginning of December the cps wrote to my solicitor to ask for permission to open the original tape recording of my interview, as they said the working copy had been destroyed due to 'the length of time that had passed'. This permission was granted. My solicitor told me that he could not understand the request as it had been a no comment interview and so could provide no assistance to the cps.
Since then I have heard nothing. I am due to re-attend the police station on January 19th. After 17 months of waiting I am feeling absolutely desperate to the point where I feel I can't eat or sleep. Is this delay normal? Surely after 17 months they must know if they have enough evidence to charge me or not?
I'm sorry if I've rambled on but as I said above I'm feeling really low at the moment and the waiting is making everything so much worse.
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