| Comment | Good advice.
It's important to note that you are only entitled to legal representation if you are being questioned under caution, and if you are being questioned under caution then a court can infer guilt from silence. So stay silent till you get a lawyer, then they will advise you which questions to answer to help your case.
"Section 34 allows an inference to be drawn if a suspect is silent when questioned under caution prior to charge and subsequently relies upon a relevant fact at Court, which he or she could reasonably have been expected to mention when questioned. Just because a suspect declines to answer questions, does not automatically mean that an adverse inference can be drawn. It is only when he or she later seeks to put forward an account or explanation that the adverse inference provision is triggered." |
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