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HopingonaMiracle

Member since
February 2025

58 posts

So my husband was with one police officer then due to moving counties (his parents house is a different county to our actual house) he is now with a different police officer, his original officer gave him permission to destroy a damaged phone (he has email proof of him asking and he's like oh yeah I'll check it then you can chuck it away)



now he's been arrested and faces trial for breach from the police he's with now as they said he weren't allowed to get rid of it, he was given permission, and his old officer is denying everything he said



this is shocking, we're working with social to get him home and we're so scared this has destroyed everything and he'll get put away



how can police be so corrupt?? Surely he can win this one? He's been bailed to his parents house for 6 weeks at least until court, he can't travel far for work and he's a driver, he can't stay with me or anything....thought this was getting better, we're about to have this PLO meeting and don't want them turning on me, I've seen the evidence he's done nothing wrong, he's such a broken man :(

Posted Mon August 11, 2025 9:49am
Edited Mon August 11, 2025 9:51amReport post

edel2020

Member since
March 2022

571 posts

Assuming he was subject to an SHPO, it will depend on the exact wording.

They do not normally contain a provision on destroying devices. The wording is about not deleting the persons internet history and making the device available when the police want to see it.

It seems unlikely that a prosecution could succeed, if there are emails from the officer confirming what he said.

Posted Mon August 11, 2025 10:36amReport post

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