I'm pretty sure George Michael was last week arrested, then de-arrested,
then immediately arrested again for something different. The article (in
the Guardian) did explain that de-arresting is possible, and results in
there being no record of the arrest, as if it had never happened, as opposed
to release without charge, where the arrest stays on the record.
On the substantive issue, there are civil offences as well as criminal
ones - or so I was told (by a certain lawyer who contributed to this list
until he decamped to Crete). Civil offences must, I think, be covered by
s.2g - which starts getting closer to professional misconduct or
disciplinary matters.
Paul Ticher
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From: "Jethro R Binks" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: Sensitive Personal Data
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Simon Howarth (RGC) Interim Information Governance
> Manager wrote:
>
>> As for "can you be dearrested", it rather sounds like another
>> Americanism creeping in, although I wouldn't be surprised to learn that
>> it's an olde English word!
>
> In fact I was reading something last week where someone, I think a police
> officer, was quoted as saying someone was "de-arrested". I was a little
> taken aback as I'd not seen that usage ... unfortunately I can't now work
> out what I was reading. But I did wonder if it had any actual real legal
> meaning (i.e., to cancel out the effects of being 'arrested', as if that
> had never happened in the first place).
>
> Presumably if it does, then when asked "have you ever been arrested", you
> could answer "no" truthfully. Unless they specifically wanted to know if
> you had been arrested, regardless of a later de-arrest. If such a thing
> exists.
>
> Jethro.
>
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> Jethro R Binks
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