Quote Originally Posted by johncar54 View Post
In general I am against prosecutions being brought for very old cases.

I would suspect (and hope) there is substantial evidence to justify his detention, and I just hope the police investigation is sound, so that if he goes to court, it does not get thrown out at the first hurdle.
John, it,s in comments like yours that the public lose faith in police officers. A crime is a crime it does not matter how long ago it was committed it should always be chased down for as long as it takes. Max Clifford,s a classic example, someone who thought because he was a high profile geezer nobody could touch him. Another thing that off the public, if you,re a victim of burglary the damn police don,t even bother coming out no more. You,re just given a crime number coz it,s too much bother for them.