Time and place
I've just come across a file that has got me thinking about how decisions get made. It's not a case with which I've had any involvement aside from reading the file just now. The case is a (not uncommon around here) allegation of rape where the complainant says that she was raped about 8-years-ago by somebody she knows. There have been no other incidents either before or since according to disclosure given by the police to the solicitor who attended for interview at the police station. She provided the police with the suspect's home and work address as well as his name. There will not be any forensic evidence available in this case due to its age, although if I were the police I'd want to search his home and possibly have a look at his computer since people do store the most incriminating things on there in the mistaken belief that they are safe. This would lead me to the conclusion that the best thing to do is to knock on his door around 5-6am, arrest him an...