It's not a bungle by the police but it is by the press for identifying 2 people who are now found innocent. They should not have been named, they should not have been filming their house.
Gatwick Airport: Drone sightings cause delays
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bobmac
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I thought if someone was arrested, they were normally charged?
woofers
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Yes, but publishing names and photographs is not a normal part of police enquiries.
We don’t know how the newspaper obtained the details but I still contend it’s not usual practice to publish these, (unless of course the Telegraph editor, proprietor or head of legal happened to have their flight delayed by said events 😄)
woofers
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No, you can be arrested “on suspicion†......
User2021
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MegaSteve
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Wwonder if they were dobbed in by their local curtain twitchers....
PhilTheFragger
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I reckon the fuzz have been searching the database of registered drone operators and found these two in the Gatwick area, put 2+2 and came up with 12.
The real perps are highly unlikely to be registered anywhere .
The real perps are highly unlikely to be registered anywhere .
user2010
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howbow88
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It might well be in this case. Surely the police have to have some sort of suspicion to arrest, otherwise they can just arrest anyone for anything. Seeing as the police have now said that there may not have been a drone at all, they seem like utter amateurs.
Seems so dodgy to me.
I can see this rumbling along but I fear if this was done by criminals, eco-warriors or even on the orders from the Kremlin (lets face it anything is possible with this) then tracing them is going to be a long and difficult job. I couldn't see two people like those arrested being involved and think the police jumped the gun, even if they were working on information provided.
User2021
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Sky news at 9pm showed a clip of the two that were arrested being taken home - faces obscured.
Bit late, after most papers and numerous sites posted pictures and named them earlier.
Bit late, after most papers and numerous sites posted pictures and named them earlier.
Smiffy
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They were acting on information received, a "tip off" if you like, from a member of the public. Quite rightly, they had to follow it up.
This all went tits up when the media got hold of it and published pictures and names.
The police have got nothing to answer for.
Had they NOT acted on the information received and it HAD turned out to be this couple involved then we'd have something to moan about.
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Apparently the guy involved had a cast iron alibi however the person giving it had to contact police himself and was ignored a lot
However .. as this came from the press and they caused the issue of naming the guy involved id say it’s rubbish.. and that they are trying to deflect blame from something completely their fault
User2021
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Police now reporting that there may not have been any drone in the first place
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Kellfire
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Yes. Low level of proof needed to arrest. Much higher required to charge.
howbow88
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They were held for 36 hours and the bloke had a solid alibi. There's a difference between following something up and arresting someone.
Seeing as the police have now backtracked and admitted that there might not have been a drone at all, I think that their treatment of these two seems shoddy to say the least.
Bunkermagnet
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It was said on the radio news yesterday that they had found a damaged drone around the perimter of Gatwick which had been taken away for forensic testing.
Merry Christmas.
bobmac
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Doon frae Troon
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If they have a decent lawyer they should do very nicely out of it.
Something very fishy going on with this, it seems like a side show to cover up for something more sinister.
SwingsitlikeHogan
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A cunning plan to get Fayling Grayling to resign?