EP#221 | Why Didn’t Police Investigate? The Case That Exposed a Broken System

Sponsored by EasyDNS Move your domain or web hosting to EasyDNS and support Not On Record: https://easydns.com/NotOnRecord Use promo code: notonrecord In Episode 222 of Not On Record, Joseph Neuberger and Diana Davison examine a question that clients ask repeatedly: “Why am I being charged when the police never investigated my side of the story?” The discussion focuses on the distinction between taking a complainant’s statement and conducting a full, objective investigation. Joseph and Diana walk through a real case in which the accused provided police with detailed information about the events, including potential witnesses, receipts, locations, CCTV footage, phone evidence, dash-cam footage and other information that could potentially confirm or contradict the allegations. Yet many of those investigative avenues were not pursued. The episode explores: • What grounds police need before laying a criminal charge • Whether taking a complainant’s statement can constitute an “investigation” • Why police may not conduct follow-up interviews • The importance of CCTV and other time-sensitive digital evidence • What happens when police seize a phone but don’t promptly extract the evidence • How the defence can attempt to preserve and obtain evidence police haven’t collected • When third-party records, including medical records, may become relevant • Why an accused person’s request for police to investigate potentially exculpatory evidence matters • The role of Crown counsel in reassessing whether there is a reasonable prospect of conviction • The consequences of failing to conduct an objective investigation • Why proper investigations ultimately protect both accused people and genuine victims Website: http://www.NotOnRecordpodcast.com Sign up to our email list - http://eepurl.com/hw3g99 Social Media Links Twitter:   / notonrecord   Instagram:   / notonrecordpodcast   TikTok:   / notonrecordpodcast   Facebook:   / notonrecord   Telegram: https://t.me/NotOnRecord Minds: http://www.minds.com/notonrecord Audio Platforms Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4F2ssnX... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... SoundCloud:   / notonrecord   Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-842207 For more information on criminal law issues go to Neuberger & Partners LLP http://www.nrlawyers.com. Produced by Possibly Correct Media www.PossiblyCorrect.com #Podcast #law #MeToo