thirdcrank wrote:I think the main point is that it's unusual to do anything to compromise the execution of a warrant and advance publicity seems bizarre to me. OTOH, I've no idea what procedures this particular toothless watchdoggy is required to follow.
Evidently, procedures more restrictive than for this case that you cite:
We used to have a regular where the woman used to invite her ex for a reconciliation, then call the police to arrest him for a breach of the order...
I'm imagining Liz Taylor and Richard Burton.
Anyway...
My only personal experience of requiring a judge outside court hours was under matrimonial violence legislation, which required anybody arrested for breach of a Crown Court order to be brought before a judge within 24 hours rather than the next available court.
Excuse my ignorance, but it seems to me that court orders always carry more weight than the law in general. I mean, it was (is?) the same with ASBOs - harassment (for example) being treated less seriously than the breaching of an ASBO forbidding the same. That's not the Crown Court.