Lily Ngo | Paralegal

If you are contacted by the police to attend the police station for a voluntary interview, it can be very unsettling. The police may only provide you with very limited, if any, information on what they would like to interview you about.This is a short blog explaining the steps you should take if you are contacted by the police regarding a voluntary interview. The police may also refer to the interview as an “interview under caution” or a “caution plus 3 interview” – there is no difference.

In early August, an unnamed former Conservative minister was arrested at home after allegations of rape, sexual assault, and coercive control were made against him by a parliamentary staffer. The incidents were alleged to have taken place between July 2019 and January 2020 in various London addresses. These allegations have emerged only days after a former Conservative party whip, Charlie Elphicke, was convicted on three counts of sexual assault dating from 2007 and 2016.

Suspects involved in criminal investigations currently have the right to privacy regarding personal information and details relating to the investigation...