Police or SS records held after false allegation against child?

[OrmIrian]

DS#1's best friend in school has an older DB in Yr 3. An allegation has been made against him by another child (not quite sure what kind but violence of some kind). The boy's parents contacted the police about it. They then dropped the charges and withdrawn the child. The school seems to think they were using it as a reason to take the child out of the school as he had a very bad record and was always in trouble.

Will the child with the allegation against him have any kind of record with the police or with SS?

[OrmIrian]

I'll take that as a no then.

[cornsilk]

Who was withdrawn? The child who made the allegations?

[sleepyeyes]

MMm I'm not sure as he was a child but in adult cases I believe they do.

[OrmIrian]

Yes, the child who made the allegation was withdrawn from the school.

[cornsilk]

How awful for your friend's ds.

[OrmIrian]

It is indeed cornsilk. She is quite shaken. Apparently it happened a few weeks ago but the school didn't say anything because her family circumstances at the time meant she had enough on her plate. They checked with SS to find out what they could and realised it wasn't that big a deal immediately. Which proves the head's heart is in the right place I suppose But she still would have liked to know at the time.

[QueenEagle]

Child who had the allegation made against them will not have a criminal record as such. However - was he arrested and interviewed about the allegation? If he was then he will have had dna, fingerprints and photographs taken at the police station even if the police decide to take no further action. There will be a record on certain police databases about the incident and it will say no further action on it, if that was the case. PNC records will show he was arrested but NFA. In any case once someone reaches 18 any juvenile minor scrapes with the police are wiped and you start again with a clean slate as an adult (not the case for anything serious).

[OrmIrian]

Thanks queeneagle. That is reassuring.

Should never have happened though

[debs40]

Mmm, if he's in Year 3 he is below the age of criminal responsibility (which is 10) so absolutely nothing should have been done about this (save a chat if felt necessary by police).

There is no power to arrest, fingerprint or do anything else along those lines.

[QueenEagle]

Ah, yes I didn't notice the bit about it being Yr3 - in which case what debs40 said.