Gatwick Airport: Drone sightings cause delays

howbow88 said:
That's just not true, is it? In a murder enquiry for example, there's often a number of suspects. You don't just arrest all of them. This idea that the police arrest first and ask questions later is rubbish.
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They will have felt they had enough of a reason to arrest before. Then they use the time afforded to them by the arrest to conduct further investigations. That’s EXACTLY how it works.

Which is why the vast majority of people who get arrested are NOT charged.

And yes. All suspects would be arrested at the same time if known at the same time! They wouldn’t want suspects being able to correlate stories or to abscond. You’re completely wrong there!
 
Kellfire said:
They will have felt they had enough of a reason to arrest before. Then they use the time afforded to them by the arrest to conduct further investigations. That’s EXACTLY how it works.

Which is why the vast majority of people who get arrested are NOT charged.
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We're going round in circles. It's going to all come out in a couple of months or a year, or whenever :)
 
Papas1982 said:
Ok worded poorly on my behalf, I didn’t mean a jury would be bias, but imo if a case has more media coverage then penalties are likely to be higher to set an example.

I’m sure they did this release on advice, that for me is why it’s wrong. It’s nit their fault as such, more the culture of people always thinking they’re owed something.
I mean so far has this incident cost them anything tangeable? Or do feelings now have a price?
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So you think they shouldn't be acting on professional advice?

I also think you're greatly underestimating the potential effect on your life being called morons on the front page on a national newspaper on one of the most high profile and emotive stories of the year, by someone in media with millions and millions of followers on twitter and the front page of the most visited newssite in the world.

Are they being opportunistic? Probably. Would I be? Undoubtedly.
 
TheDiablo said:
So you think they shouldn't be acting on professional advice?

I also think you're greatly underestimating the potential effect on your life being called morons on the front page on a national newspaper on one of the most high profile and emotive stories of the year, by someone in media with millions and millions of followers on twitter and the front page of the most visited newssite in the world.

Are they being opportunistic? Probably. Would I be? Undoubtedly.
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I think being honest, so would I. It just frustrates me that in this day and age it’s come to it.

I’m not sure I agree in regards to the effects on their life, but that will only be known in the future I suppose. If people start egging there house or abusing them in the street then I would concede it’s actaully had a real effect.

Re the professional advice, I just don’t like how nowadays companies go after cases for a slice of cash, nit for the right reasons. See ppi, accidents and food poisoning on hols etc
 
howbow88 said:
They don't have to, but they asked for the media to leave them alone. The media by the way, who are camped outside their house. They didn't invite them round to make the statement - they were already there.
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Oh I agree the media are vultures, I’ve had to deal with them once many years ago and to this day I wouldn’t trust em as far as I could throw em.
 
howbow88 said:
That's how I see it. The police should absolutely follow up leads, but that doesn't mean arrest at the first instance. This is what happened here and why I'm critical of these actions.
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Can you explain exactly what the police did, all the enquiries they made, and all the bits they didn't do, prior to arresting your mates? No, thought not.

You may be right, maybe they should have done more, but you don't know any more than the rest of us do about what enquiries were made prior to the arrests.
 
Blue in Munich said:
Can you explain exactly what the police did, all the enquiries they made, and all the bits they didn't do, prior to arresting your mates? No, thought not.

You may be right, maybe they should have done more, but you don't know any more than the rest of us do about what enquiries were made prior to the arrests.
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As I already alluded to, I do know some details that are not in the public domain on this. The police do not come out of this well.

But you guys go on telling everyone what a great job the police have done. Merry Christmas :)
 
howbow88 said:
As I already alluded to, I do know some details that are not in the public domain on this. The police do not come out of this well.

But you guys go on telling everyone what a great job the police have done. Merry Christmas :)
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You’re not being impartial. It’s easy to say the police did something wrong in hindsight. For me, and I suspect a great many, the intelligence we do know so far is enough for them to be arrested given the situation as it was.
 
howbow88 said:
As I already alluded to, I do know some details that are not in the public domain on this. The police do not come out of this well.

But you guys go on telling everyone what a great job the police have done. Merry Christmas :)
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And yet, when asked to explain what they have & haven't done, you don't.

Nowhere in my post does it say the police have done a good job; I've actually conceded that you might be proved right in the post you've quoted. What I'm not prepared to do is judge them on the basis of your comments, comments which you are unwilling or, more likely, unable to substantiate.
 
Kellfire said:
You’re not being impartial. It’s easy to say the police did something wrong in hindsight. For me, and I suspect a great many, the intelligence we do know so far is enough for them to be arrested given the situation as it was.
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I’ve heard on many occasions the saying” helping police with there enquiries “ without making them public.

Always remember the women who got murdered in Bristol and the landlord was wrongly accused,ruined his life because his identity was made public.
As I understand it,it was because the police wanted to show they were actually doing something.
Keep identities under wraps until 100% certain.

In such a sensitive case as this and costing millions imo they should be compensated.
 
pokerjoke said:
I’ve heard on many occasions the saying” helping police with there enquiries “ without making them public.

Always remember the women who got murdered in Bristol and the landlord was wrongly accused,ruined his life because his identity was made public.
As I understand it,it was because the police wanted to show they were actually doing something.
Keep identities under wraps until 100% certain.

In such a sensitive case as this and costing millions imo they should be compensated.
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By who? The police did nothing wrong that we know of.
 
We seem to have forgotten that the police said that there may not have been any drones involved at all.
How do they explain arresting a drone owner near to the airport if there was no drones.
As I said earlier, this whole business is very fishy.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
We seem to have forgotten that the police said that there may not have been any drones involved at all.
How do they explain arresting a drone owner near to the airport if there was no drones.
As I said earlier, this whole business is very fishy.
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Because at that stage they did feel it was a drone. Stop using hindsight to judge.
 
Who actually spotted these alleged drones?

Thousands of people in and around the airport, vast majority with a smart phone - yet whilst allegedly going on no videos or pictures on social media.

Now days later, with a heavy police, security, army presence and a lot of cctv allegedly a damaged drone turns up by the perimeter just by chance.
 
howbow88 said:
As I already alluded to, I do know some details that are not in the public domain on this. The police do not come out of this well.

But you guys go on telling everyone what a great job the police have done. Merry Christmas :)
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So you know the arrested couple and you know stuff presumably not in the public domain, I guess this information has come from them. Do you not think there is a chance they might be slightly hacked off as a result and possibly exaggerating some of their experiences? I'm sure the police have followed procedures and done everything by the book.
 
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