Legal Advice
First off we must warn you that this section is not devised by
a lawyer, we will change this when we get our lawyer to write
an article on legal issues. Having said that this is advice we
have gleaned from people who know the Law and our own experiences.
The first point we cannot stress enough is that
you do get a lawyer if you find yourself in the position of being
falsely accused, at this stage we are assuming you are totally
innocent, if not there is nothing we can do for you or would want
to do to help you.
Unfortunately by the time you read this it may be
too late and you will be out on bail or a member of your family
or friend, but in case this is not so you must realise sadly that
the law only wants to prove their case not to disprove and any
thing you say in interview will more than likely be twisted and
used against you.
We are campaigning to turn this around but feel
it will be a very long time before we succeed. At our first meeting
of Faascotland we were told by experts just how
much pressure the police are under to get convictions and if the
innocent get caught up in it so be it, figures are all that matter.
Scottish law is very different than English law
in so much as the police can interview you for six hours before
you can have a lawyer and then only if they detained you at the
beginning of the six hour interview. So you will have to
follow the points to remember listed below always remember you
have rights too.
1. At start of interview ask to be detained.
2. Ask for writing material so you can write down the things you
are asked it will prove useful to you finding out how all this
came about in the first place.
3. Ask for full disclosuer before you answer any thing at all.
4. You can stop the interview at any time to gather your thoughts
5. Most important no matter how you feel you must say no comment
to any thing asked for the full six hours till you get a lawyer
and don't forget you do need a lawyer.
We hope this will prove helpful please remember
you are not alone we are here to help.
Legal Advice HQ may
help you in your search for Justice, we will be adding links to
other sites of use at a later date.
If you are in prison or some one you know we have found some advice
for you please click here...