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1Do you have to help the Police with their enquires?No, we do not, part of Article 6 is that we have the right to remain silent if we want to.
We have a privilege about self incrimination, we have the entitlement to remain silent if talking would release information which would damage our case.
2What is the caution given to those questioned and arrested?Post-May 1995
"You do not have to say anything.
(But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court). Anything you do say may be given in evidence."
The bit in brackets was added in May 1995. It makes the defendant away the case against them could be affected if they do not speak.
3What do s34 - 37 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 tell us?The give the circumstances where it would be possible to draw inferences from.
s34: Silence when questioned
s36: Silence when confronted with certain types of evidence
s37: Silence when asked to account for your presence at the scene
s35: Failure to testify at trial

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