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Saunders Law deletes another caution for possession of a Class A drug.

Our client had been issued with a police caution in 2015 for being in possession of a class A drug contrary to section 5(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

After nine years, our client instructed us to make an application for caution removal.  After reviewing the documentation received from both the police and ACRO, Saunders Law made an application for record deletion under the ground that it was no longer in the public interest

Under the ground of public interest, we made the following arguments:

  • At the time of the incident, our client was struggling with his mental health,
  • The drugs were never his but instead he was holding them for a colleague,
  • The implications of the caution were never explained to our client,
  • Our client was wrongly informed that the caution will not impact his ability to travel,
  • Our client has spent the last nine years with regret and ashamed of their actions,
  • The caution was preventing him from moving forward with his career,
  • The caution has prevented him from travelling to America to visit his family,
  • It is now over nine years since the incident and our client is of otherwise good character.

Saunders Law made the application in November 2024. We received the successful outcome in December 2024. The case was conducted by solicitor Amber Richardson, supervised by Ali Parker.

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