{"id":54,"date":"2016-06-22T14:45:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T13:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voicenorthants.local\/myvoice\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2016-11-23T17:14:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T17:14:35","slug":"do-all-criminal-cases-go-to-court","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/the-police-investigation\/do-all-criminal-cases-go-to-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Do all criminal cases go to court?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Once the police have identified an offender, they can interview them. Depending on what is said and the assessment of the evidence, they will decide what appropriate action may be taken.<\/p>\n

If on investigation, there is insufficient evidence to proceed, the Police have no alternative but to take \u2018No Further Action\u2019 and release the offender. This is usually when the offence is denied or a reasonable explanation is given.<\/p>\n

Not all offenders are dealt with in court, the police do have a number of options in dealing with minor crimes that are called Out-of-Court disposals.<\/p>\n

Out-of-Court disposals\u00a0allow the police to deal quickly with less serious crimes, from often first-time offenders which could be more appropriately resolved without a prosecution at court.<\/p>\n

The following Out-of-Court are available to the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS):<\/p>\n