[jaysay]

There are two kinds of bail, police bail, and magistrates bail, police may bail to appear at a later date, because they only suspect they have committed a crime. When a defendant goes before a magistrate, he/she HAS been charged with an offence, it is then up to the magistrate to decide wether to bail or remand. Roy the thing about local politicians, saying something is futile realy as they do not have anything to do with the courts or the police, well not at local level, Hyndburn that is. The police come under Lancashire County Council Police Authority, and the courts under CPS