Originally Posted by
rog747
why didn't the CC/engineer/red cap whoever called 999 speak to the skipper first in private ?
I am told via the BA grapevine that the captain was approached in the first instance. This is hearsay. The chain of events following is purely speculative but, if the police were called by other than the captain assumptions can be made that the captain was persuaded to continue to MRU.
If the statement that a 49 year old male remains in custody is also correct, it is highly probable that suspicion of an offence taking place was the correct action. The reason a suspect would remain in custody on suspicion of any alcohol related offence would be that they remain too intoxicated to be interviewed about the circumstances. Detainees have three options to prove innocence or guilt in alcohol related offences. Blood sample, urine sample or breath sample from the custody suite intoximetre. The intoximetre is instant and admissible evidence. Two readings are taken and the lower one is used for evidential purposes. Suspects who need to be questioned will often be given a few hours in custody and the breath tests repeated until they are deemed within limits to be interviewed.