Ask them then; I'd have to charge.

I may be wrong (it happens) but I do not believe 'Accessory after the fact' is an offence on the Statute Book......

Oh, he has a team?

Motormad attempting to interest people in the fit of his VW Golf wings.

Any other poor attempts at an insult that you can throw my way?

He just threw your poor attempt at an insult back at you.

Mine wasn't an insult though.

ASSISTANCE AFTER THE CRIME
It is only assistance before or during a crime that can render a person liable as an accomplice. However, a person can become criminally liable for assisting an offender after the commission of an offence. Section 4(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1967 provides:
Where a person has committed an arrestable offence, any other person who, knowing or believing him to be guilty of the offence or of some other arrestable offence, does without lawful authority or reasonable excuse any act with intent to impede his apprehension or prosecution shall be guilty of an offence.

http://www.lawteacher.net/criminal-law/lec...ion-lecture.php

Reading this I think you have to have done a bit more than just knowing about a crime and not reporting it to be classed as an accessory.

Surely not reporting it is "impeding his apprehension or prosecution"?

I don't think it's impeding it, just not helping it, which is somewhat different.

Sorry if you were offended by my return of the insult. I thought your post was quite amusing, obviously you're not as thick skinned as I am.

I know this was a bit low key, fiddling the church funds isn't exactly the great train robbery but think on this....

I find out that a couple of blokes that I work with have done a robbery, injured a couple of staff, one of them a woman and got away with a stash of money. The investigation has stalled and they may get away with it.
At some point in time, the bill find out that I knew about it but didn't do anything. Can I say that they might be a little more than irritated.

Above is hypothetical of course just in case you want to test the assistance after a crime theory.

I'm thicker skinned than pretty much anyone on here.
Do carry on

Whilst there is no legal requirement to report a crime, there is a moral duty on everyone of us to report to the police any crime or anything we suspect may be a crime.

https://www.askthe.police.uk/Content/Q514.htm

Rice V Connoly 1966. Judgement states individuals have Common law right to remain silent, nor to answer or go with anyone who may claim to be in authority , short of being arrested.

It would have to be very serious for me to want to get involved with the police.

I'm not a snitch, why would I report anything my friends did?
The lecture from me and the loss of my friendship is punishment enough.

And if it were a public thing, depends on the severity really. EG If I saw someone's car being stolen I'd report that. Or a murder? But shoplifting from Sainsburys, welllll... not my business really.

Have you had a bad experience?

I take it we're done with the allegation that the council were unreasonably pursuing people for alleged debt.

It all went a bit pear shaped after squelchy gave us an insight into his knowledge of Mr Howgate and his relationship with Mr Smith

Corrected for accuracy. I also believe that ihowgate has refuted much if not all of what Squelchy accused him of.