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Charges dropped - any record kept?

  • 19-04-2015 05:39PM
    #1
    porsche959
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    In the event that the DPP proffers charges but subsequently drops them due to an individual's mental incapacity, is any public record kept on file anywhere? I understand in this case the individuals lawyers went to High Court before DPP agreed to drop charges.

    Edited to add: I checked Bailli and couldn't find the case. Does this mean the case was unreported?


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  • #2
    MarkAnthony
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    Most criminal cases are unreported in the sense they never make it onto legal databases.


  • #3
    porsche959
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    MarkAnthony wrote: »
    Most criminal cases are unreported in the sense they never make it onto legal databases.

    Is this becasue they are not viewed as legally not significant (i.e., not establishing a new precedent)?

    Where cases don't make it onto bailli and the like are there records kept anywhere by the government?


  • #4
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    porsche959 wrote: »
    Is this becasue they are not viewed as legally not significant (i.e., not establishing a new precedent)?

    Where cases don't make it onto bailli and the like are there records kept anywhere by the government?

    Of course. There has to be a record of the proceeding.


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