Police and Court Statements are only valid when taken under certain rules and conditions.
Court Statements, for instance are only valid when taken under oath. When a Defendant or a witness has to testify in Court, they ought to have sworn under oath as to the veracity of their claims.
On the other hand, Police Statements are taken under Caution. Failure to do so will render the whole exercise null and void.
It is for this reason
@The.Black.Templar that Police Officers have to recite the
Miranda Rights to Criminal Defendants before they place them under arrest. Failure to do so constitutes false imprisonment.
In the case under consideration above, the Police cannot give the recounted account as official before taking their own statements and deriving their own conclusions. To do so would compromise the case and lead to a mistrial or worse, miscarriage of justice.