if someone is aquitted is the crime they were charged with kept on record?

Question

if someone is charged with a sexual assault is the charge kept on their police files and will social workers have a record of this also, and if someone is aquitted in a magistrates court for the same offence why would the cps say that it would have been a different outcome in a crown court. and if I wanted to complain about court ushers and a defendants solicitor were would i start to complain. I have the site up for legal complaints service but it only seems to be regarding a solicitor representing yourself rather than a defendants solicitor. I would like replies from anyone in the legal profession if possible. and finally is there any country in the world that states a victims feelings and rights will come before a defendants and does anyone know if you can emigrate there. rule britania my **se british justic a farce.

Answer 1

You can make a complaint against the police if you feel that you were the victim of a wrongful arrest or that they did not treat you correctly. If you want to complain about the behaviour of court staff, then (as we are discussing a magistrates' court), you can write to the Clerk to the Justices, who will look into the matter. If the matter is of sufficient seriousness, then it could lead to disciplinary proceedings against the person concerned. As far as the court record is concerned, the details of your case, as recorded at the time in the court register, together with the court file, will be retained. The court register is a public document, but the court staff are not at liberty to divulge its contents to just anyone. A person who could persuade the court officials that he was justified in so doing (such as an employer, an insurance officer) would have to apply in writing for an extract of the court record. It would show your name, address, date of birth and the nature of the charge against you, together with the result of the hearing -- in your case an acquittal. But in point of fact, this is highly unlikely to happen, as any person making such an application would have to be in the position of knowing something about the proceedings in order to write to the court in the first place. Don't forget too that people who have details of this case in their records are bound, like the rest of us, by the Data Protection legislation.

Answer 2

There is a problem here. i think you will have to declare it on the grey form for working with children. Social Services love it. You are guilty if found guilty and under suspicion if you are found not guilty.

My local vicar told me some years ago that even if a complaint was made against him he would have to declare it if he applied to become the priest in another parish. I know the reason for this but it stil sticks in my throat a little. Particularly as I feel that there must be several people serving time or on the register who are victims of a false accusation

Answer 3

If they are arrested, the arrest will usually stay on the record.

There will be no entry for "charged with" separate from the entry indicating the acquittal. In other words, either the charge and the acquittal will both be listed as one combined entry -- or the charge will not be listed.