sleepinoz
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Off topic - sort of.
The police really do have to keep things close to their chest and make sure all I's are dotted and t's crossed.
At what point would it be necessary for police to say you are a suspect? Or does being a declared person of interest cover that?
Particularly, if there were inconsistencies in your statement when questioned along with hundreds of other locals.
Mr Atkins stood trial for the murder and manslaughter of his boyfriend, and was acquitted by a jury in 2009.
Police tapes — where he denies the Bunnings purchases — were ruled inadmissible evidence, as police at the time had not informed him he was a suspect.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-...held-in-sydney-decade-after-his-death/9530696
Police very rarely state someone is a suspect - normally they go with POI here. In the US it's different.