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Does any one know how long it normally takes for the police to check the computers it’s getting harder to focus on work I’m trying to keep it together for my sons sake but the longer this goes on I think the worse it will become I’ve looked on the forum but lots of peoples time frames seem to be so different
Morning Sad Dad,
The answer is how long is a piece of sting unfortunately. They can take weeks to months to be checked. I would suggest that when you speak to investigating officer that you ask for a rough timescale for searches to be done- they will know in your area how long they take but also be prepared for that to be extended a lot.
ttkit
The answer is how long is a piece of sting unfortunately. They can take weeks to months to be checked. I would suggest that when you speak to investigating officer that you ask for a rough timescale for searches to be done- they will know in your area how long they take but also be prepared for that to be extended a lot.
ttkit
Hello Sad Dad, sorry you are going through an awful time, it really is terrible.
There’s no way of telling how long this will take. Different forces have different timescales for these things. It’s likely to be months rather than weeks though I’m afraid.
One piece of advice and something you could do in preparation is to speak to your own computer forensic expert. They can help you make sense of what and how the police look for evidence. It doesn’t matter if your son has ‘confessed’, having your own appointed expert can help the agreed evidence to be accurately recorded. The whole truth and not a one sided version of events.
Best of luck and keep strong!
Jaded.
There’s no way of telling how long this will take. Different forces have different timescales for these things. It’s likely to be months rather than weeks though I’m afraid.
One piece of advice and something you could do in preparation is to speak to your own computer forensic expert. They can help you make sense of what and how the police look for evidence. It doesn’t matter if your son has ‘confessed’, having your own appointed expert can help the agreed evidence to be accurately recorded. The whole truth and not a one sided version of events.
Best of luck and keep strong!
Jaded.
Thank you I’ll look in to that and see if I can find out some more info I did look for some solicitors found a couple they say have their own computer technicians that do that but it all sounds very expensive it’s hard to deal with this all on my own and my son seems to think he is going to prison all he’s doing is checking the news about other people’s cases and the outcomes I know he’s done wrong but I’m not sure he would cope inside I love him very much but I’m trying to convince him it will be ok and on the other hand I just won’t to know why he’s done this and we now face this situation it’s so messed up thanks for the advice
Just take things a step at a time, it’s overwhelming I know. The forensic person we used was funded by legal aid, not free, a contribution was needed but in our situation it was well worth it. I spoke to a number of experts so I could begin to understand the complexities of computer evidence. It really helped to calm my mind.
Has your son been interviewed without a solicitor present then? I would always advise having a solicitor present.
Has your son been interviewed without a solicitor present then? I would always advise having a solicitor present.
No interview as yet we are still waiting to hear back from the police they said they would contact us but nothing yet hence the question on time frame I know it seems selfish of me but we are due to go on holiday in a few weeks but I’m not sure what to do buy the sounds of it it may be the last holiday I get to have with son and don’t want to get back unprepared for what’s next I’m so confused on what to do it’s hard to think of all this and still try to carry on as normal thanks for the advice but I looked into legal aid I’m sure I wouldnt qualify for it so not sure how can do that but I’m on my own and under a very tight budget
It’s a common misconception that if someone ‘confesses’ in a police interview that’s it, just accept whatever is thrown at them. It’s dangerous to think it’s as simple as that. It’s well known that in a state of panic people confess to all sorts (there’s many a miscarriage of justice based on confessions) Even i, after the police had taken our devices convinced myself I’d done something! Bizarre!
I was suggesting speaking to a computer expert at this stage so that they could explain the technical issues involved and whilst they are not legal advisors they know what the police are looking for and the evidence they need to convict. It’s complex and technical and certainly calmed me when it was explained to me. Like I said, a step at a time. Time for counselling will come, inevitably, but being fully informed is what is important now.
Also (dependent on legal advice) even where some guilt is accepted it may be worth challenging the numbers, categories etc because sentence is based on this. There are many, many cases where charges are altered after challenges and differing levels of sentence follow.
You (your son) needs to get every chance to defend himself and it needs a level of pro active ness rather than passively accept things. This is life changing and you cannot retread your steps wishing things will get better or that the prosecution is your friend, they’re not, the want the highest conviction they can get.
I was suggesting speaking to a computer expert at this stage so that they could explain the technical issues involved and whilst they are not legal advisors they know what the police are looking for and the evidence they need to convict. It’s complex and technical and certainly calmed me when it was explained to me. Like I said, a step at a time. Time for counselling will come, inevitably, but being fully informed is what is important now.
Also (dependent on legal advice) even where some guilt is accepted it may be worth challenging the numbers, categories etc because sentence is based on this. There are many, many cases where charges are altered after challenges and differing levels of sentence follow.
You (your son) needs to get every chance to defend himself and it needs a level of pro active ness rather than passively accept things. This is life changing and you cannot retread your steps wishing things will get better or that the prosecution is your friend, they’re not, the want the highest conviction they can get.
...and many will offer a bit of advice if you just ring them. I googled a couple who gave me verbal advice as well as offering advice on their websites for free.