Does released under investigation mean not enough evidence?
When this happens, it means the investigation against you has concluded and your case has been passed to the CPS. Otherwise, being released under investigation is not like being released on bail. You will not have to return to the police station on a particular date, at a particular time
so in a nutshell cps have it now
this is totally incorrect on several levels, the investigation has neither concluded nor has it been passed to the CPS. This is totally made up because it means exactly the opposite of what you’ve said
Released Under Investigation (RUI) means the allegation/s against you are still being investigated by the OIC (Officer In Charge) the only difference is that you aren’t subject to police bail conditions and a there is no fixed date to return.
RUI was brought in because the police were abusing the police bail 47(3) procedure. They would bail suspects, with bail conditions, for a period of 3 months to return and then re-bail them again for another 3 months still with no decision whether to NFA (No further action) or charge. The police were re bailing suspects every 3 months indefinitely and 1000s of suspects would be on police bail for over 2/3 years with conditions which it was deemed an abuse of process by the police and unfair under the human rights act
RUI now allows the police to continue investigating whilst they collate further evidence to either proceed to charging a suspect or eliminating them from their enquiries. Some investigations are lengthy due to for example collating digital forensics, like data on phones or tablets or laptops, gaining access to social media accounts etc, which at the current time there is a backlog of over 6 months minimum - I suspect Crawls and crustys devices are still being analysed from the coercion element. When the police have exhausted all avenues then they will invite the suspect back in for a voluntary interview to discuss this new evidence or simply re-arrest them. Then it will go to the CPS for a charging decision.
The previous poster even contradicts themselves where they said “ your case has been passed to the CPS. Otherwise, being released under investigation ”. Well if it’s passed to the CPS it’s done so because the investigation is concluded and they await a charging decision so how can you still “otherwise, being released under investigation
Source: I’m a criminal solicitor advocate