Mugshot, fingerprints and bedding for his cell: What happened after Andrew was arrested?published at 12:16 GMT 20 February
Dominic Casciani
Home and legal correspondent
Following his arrest on
Thursday morning, Andrew was taken to Norfolk’s Aylsham Police Station.
While police would never be
expected to release details about the 11 hours he was held at the
station, there are plenty of details we can glean from standard procedure after
an arrest.
At the station, the custody
sergeant would have been responsible for verifying he was indeed the suspect. They would have also checked if he was in a fit state, physically and mentally, to
be booked in.
Andrew would have had his rights
read to him – this includes regular breaks for food and to go to the toilet, and
the right to tell someone where he is.
It’s likely he would then
have had this mugshot, fingerprints and DNA taken.
Andrew would then have had to
decide whether to seek advice from the 24/7 local duty solicitor while he
waited for his preferred criminal lawyer, assuming he has one, to arrive.
While it’s of course highly
unusual for a local lawyer to deal with a royal like this, these people are
experts in helping suspects in the first hours of arrest.
His cell would have come with
a toilet, and he would have been given the offer of bedding.
Given how long he was held,
he would likely have received two meals.
Aylsham Police Station was noted in
a recent inspection for having more reading material for suspects than others,
for them to while away the hours in their cell.
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