@evoman3957 wrote:
The Police, in this Country, have the power to "Caution" people under oath ( for offences deemed not serious enough to warrant going to court ). To facilitate this, the accused person has to plead guilty and as such; this can therefore mean they acquire a criminal record. Having pleaded guilty and been handed down a judgement ( caution ), they can then also be added to the register of sex offenders; for the prescribed period.
The thought of all the negative publicity along with likely consequences of a drawn out investigation is a powerful persuader to make a person accept a caution albeit the evidence against them is extremely weak with no court appearance likely at the end of that investigation.
An easy way for the police to secure a conviction they might otherwise have been unable to.
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