Giving a false story to the police in relation to a criminal offence resulting in the arrest of another can constitute the offence of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Citations:
[1977] 65 CAR 174
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Cotter and Others CACD 10-May-2002
The defendants appealed against convictions for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. They said that the fact that an investigation followed a false allegation was insufficient to found a complaint, and that the extent of the crime was so . .
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Crime
Updated: 05 May 2022; Ref: scu.383659