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I would prepare a statement in conjunction with the solicitor,depending on what he knows is on the devices.Have any images been deleted? If that is the case there is no "Possession".They will then try to prove "making" which is much more difficult.If he has mental health problems,there should be a "responsible adult" present.Consult the solicitor.It is important to get a good one involved as soon as possible.

My partner was arrested July, released under investigation and had a voluntary interview on two days later and we haven't heard from the police since.



As Lee says, unfortuantley every case is different, timescales are different, police forces deal with it differently so you simply cannot predict times.

Definitely have a solicitor there regardless. Maybe they can clarify what this interview is exactly. As mentioned above there such interviews where they sum up the evidence they have and/or the new evidence and when the police feel like they have enough they send to CPS. But it could be one, two maybe more interviews before then. I can't remember but I don't think my partner was told after his second interview they were going to CPS, it just got announced a few weeks later.

Just spoke to my partner. From what he can remember he had three interviews (one at the arrest/knock, and two over a two year span). It was within two months of the last interview that he got his charges. The police contacted him a week or two in advance because they needed to notify him they needed to come to the house (plain clothes) to hand the charges over.

They didn't tell him in his last interview wether they would send info to CPS. I guess each case can be different. But this was what it was like for my partner.