In a judgment handed down on Thursday, 22 June, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled that the prohibition on a national court from raising of its own motion a breach of the obligation to promptly inform a suspect of his or her right to remain silent does not, in principle, violate European Union law (Case C-660/21).
In France, two individuals were arrested in a car park for fuel theft and immediately questioned, without being informed of their rights, before being taken into police...