Dear Sebah,

Thank you for sharing this.

Ive read what Harvey said.  Thank You Harvey for that information.

This is odd, as if you do it, you shouldn’t, but most importantly who will organise the interview at the prison end? You I guess or the prison staff.

What will the police do if your client says no to the voluntary interview?  Even if in custody its still voluntary.

Who says you have to go?  The officer?

Will the prison allow you to visit with Omicron surging?

Who would have thought  the Police and Criminal Evidence Act would be used by the police, for their benefit at the expense of the client.  It is supposed to curb police powers and protect detainees legal rights not make life easy for police.

You couldn’t make this up.

I think this should go in the complaints section.

From: members@mail.lccsa.org.uk [mailto:members@mail.lccsa.org.uk] On Behalf Of Sebah Naz Baig
Sent: 20 December 2021 16:21
To: members@mail.lccsa.org.uk
Subject: Remote Attendances

Dear all

I thought it may be worth mentioning a particular issue that has arisen which members may be interested to know about and may assist with any further negotiations with the NPCC. 

A client (a serving prisoner) is due to be interviewed under caution. Having finalised a date with the prison, the Officer (Met Police) then informed us that they will be attending remotely along with the interpreter whereas the legal representative is expected to attend in person(!). They have also communicated this to the Prison. 

When the Officer was challenged about this on three occasions, requesting justification for their attendance remote, the reply was “I am aware of the protocol thank you – the Omicron variant, childcare issues and not wanting to delay the interview any further as I won’t be free until January if we didn’t go ahead with this date. I have discussed this with my line manager who is in agreement.”

It seems to me that the Police are picking and choosing what suits them best???

Kind Regards

Ms Sebah Naz Baig LLB (Hons)
Duty Qualified Consultant Solicitor

SNB LEGAL

naz@snbaig.com

07931 359 432

Secure CJSM - naz.baig@snblegal.cjsm.net

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