The clock has now struck 13!!

My bail has apparently just been extended again, this time now until beyond the maximum 12 months, i.e. something with is completely impossible under any provisions of PACE.

Civil liberties lawyers are now interested on a no win no fee basis, and I am in contact with the local MP. Watch this space.

.....for completeness:

1) Police bail cannot continue beyond 9 months, except where a formal process has been completed before the end of the 9 months, that process has not been followed in this case.

2) The officer in the case alleges that because the papers are ‘with the CPS’ (not proved) the bail period Is frozen; he has been challenged and the IOC has failed to provide authority for that statement.

3) Our own research shows that under the formal bail guidance issued to the police and confirmed by the CPS on their website, there exists a possible provision that when at the time a person is arrested, the custody sergeant certifies that s. 37/7/A applies – i.e. that they has seen the evidence and believe there is a valid case for charge and the papers are to be sent to the CPS merely for confirmation only, then in that event only no bail period applies. (Statutory Guidance, para 17)

4) At the time of my unlawful arrest on 3rd March 2024, it was not even clear that a crime had been committed much less any evidence for the custody sergeant to consider, so this was clearly a case of an arrest to which 37/2/a applied and the relevant provisions of PACE remained conclusive.

We objected to the 6 and 9 month extensions because the necessary preconditions had not been met and these objection were just ignored.