[JobsForTheBoys]

Originally Posted by angus58

He was taken in for questioning, and released within the prescribed timeframe. You don't have to have committed a crime, only be SUSPECTED of committing a crime. It's not the police who have blackened his name, but the media.

More like the police were under pressure from the media and the public to make an arrest and he seemed like an easy target.

[Angus]

Originally Posted by JobsForTheBoys

More like the police were under pressure from the media and the public to make an arrest and he seemed like an easy target.

Very likely, but I am pointing out that the police were acting entirely within their scope of power and if they had any suspicions whatsoever they would be remiss NOT to have questioned him, so what exactly is your point? That the police should not be able to take someone in for questioning if there is any suspicion of that person's involvement in a crime as serious as murder? I am confident that the Police have no case to answer, but media certainly does.

[JobsForTheBoys]

Originally Posted by angus58

Very likely, but I am pointing out that the police were acting entirely within their scope of power and if they had any suspicions whatsoever they would be remiss NOT to have questioned him, so what exactly is your point? That the police should not be able to take someone in for questioning if there is any suspicion of that person's involvement in a crime as serious as murder? I am confident that the Police have no case to answer, but media certainly does.

They could have asked him to come to the station of his own free will (I'm sure he would have obliged) to answer their questions or even questioned him in his own home.

But I suppose an arrest sounds better. Makes them look like they are doing their job doesnt it?