Obstruct Police

Can I politely ask - why had your sister locked your mothers boyfriend in her bedroom with her? The reason I'm asking is that it sounds like the only reason was to obstruct the police and this has a bearing on how she will be viewed by the court.

It will also depend on what history she had and the effect her obstruction had i.e. did they pick him up 5 minutes later or did he commit mass murder because he was at liberty because of her obstruction.

I have no experience of this type of thing but somebody else who has might be able to help more with clarification.

I am shocked she was actually arrested for that to be honest, its such a minor thing.
What did the CPS say?
What I will say is, don't panic, I doubt your sister will be going to Prison. That is highly unlikely. Most probable is a fine if found or pleading guilty. A fine for this offence cannot exceed £1000. Of course that means anything from £1-£1000.
For you information, the maximum prison sentence is 1 month, but like I said, that is unlikely.
If your sister has previous convictions then things can turn sour.

If you have a good lawyer then it is quite possible to be found not guilty.

However, if your sister was really obstructing the Police and was allowing him time then I expect justice will ensue.

Can I ask, is your sister pleading guilty or not. And was she genuinely slow getting to the door?

Sure, that's why I said long story!

Basically, mother's boyfriend isn't allowed in the house. So, as he has a daughter, he thought it would be a good idea to bring Christmas presents over on Christmas Eve. He climbed in through my sister window, to give her the presents, as her window has a ledge underneath it. Her door is always locked at night, as she doesn't trust me or our brother's with her laptop or money.

Your story is not adding up.
So he went in through a window, he entered someone else's houses without permission. How did the Police know he was there and why were they after him?

Why is it not adding up?

My sister let him in through her bedroom window, the council say he's not allowed in. The police have raided our house to check if he's been in here before, I don't know why they keep doing it.

Why is it not adding up?

My sister let him in through her bedroom window, the council say he's not allowed in. The police have raided our house to check if he's been in here before, I don't know why they keep doing it.

Why is he not allowed in? And why would the police care so much as to regularly raid your house?

Because the local council lady - head of housing or something - says so. It's not a regular thing, just whenever they get told he does something wrong, they come and raid the house to see if he's in here.

So he was on premises to which he is not allowed. There is a law break already.

He entered her bedroom window, yet you said her room was not on the ground floor, how did he manage to climb into her window?

Right.... Tbh, this story just doesn't make sense.

Oh yeah... how did he manage to get the presents up then? It'd be ok if the bedroom was on the ground floor...

For him, yes. I'm not too worried about what happens to him. The question was about my sister.



I have already said, there is a ledge underneath her window.

Right.

OK some of what your saying I think is twisted truth. Is this man 100% her Dad?

Why is he not allowed to enter the house? That makes no sense.

Why was he wanted by the Police?

Your story doesn't really add up and so my advice is, don't panic about your sister, a fine is most likely unless it was very clear obstruction to which lead to a serious offender escape. Like I said, frin of up to £1000 and/or a Maximum of 1month in Prison.

Back off topic slightly, it would take more than a few seconds to open and get out of a 1str floor window. That is much more time than it is to open a locked door.

It does sound like she was being slow to allow time for him to get out.

People, including myself have pointed out weaknesses in your story and lawyers will do this too, so be fully prepared in court.