Wild Bill wrote:So, someone has been arrested and bailed. This suggests to me that there's enough evidence to go to court but this might just be in the form of the Bolton bench. if I am being cynical had time with the timeout toget their statements consistent. I only hope there's a swift conclusion either way. TBH though it's not going to be great for us either way.
It suggests to me the exact opposite and in fact a huge amount of investigative work still needs completing before the CPS can decide whether there is sufficient evidence or not. Statements will require taking from any persons in the vicinity who are making these very serious allegations. For continuity purposes formal identification will then be required, (as we understand it the alleged offender wasn't identified to police at the time of the offence so now someone has been taken into custody identification procedures may well be required). This all takes time and whilst identification parades using an actual line up are a thing of the past they have now been replaced by Viper Digital I/D procedures which are carried out on computer in an I/D suite at a Police Station. Whomever the witnesses are they will have to comply with Police requests to co-operate with the aforementioned procedures before the case can be referred to CPS for the decision as to whether there is sufficient evidence to proceed to court.
One things for sure I assume and hope that the accused person has had legal representation from the start and that arrangements are in hand to obtain witness statements from anyone in the vicinity who can rebut the allegations being made. Just so the accused is ready with a robust defence should the matter actually proceed to court.
One things for sure CPS normally require a very strong case before they take anything to court nowadays.