Police officers have no power to use reasonable force, to compel a suspect to undergo an identification by confrontation. Powers generally phrased in the Act did not override an individual suspect’s rights. Beldam LJ said that the requirement that reasonable force may be used to secure conditions of detention does not authorise the use of force to bring about a confrontation.
Citations:
Times 21-Apr-1999, Gazette 06-May-1999, [1999] EWCA Crim 867
Links:
Statutes:
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 117; Code D
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Director of Public Prosecutions v Meaden Admn 1-Dec-2003
The defendant had been charged with assaulting a police officer in the execution of his duty. The prosecutor appealed a finding of no case to answer. He had been present in a house when the police executed search warrants. He had refused to obey an . .
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Criminal Evidence, Police
Updated: 12 September 2022; Ref: scu.157267