I think that this scenario means you are guilty under current law in the US and the UK (we may not like it!) because until it is evaluated the evidence is still

I think that this scenario means you are guilty under current law in the US and the UK (we may not like it!) because until it is evaluated the evidence is still evidence. I'm thinking more of the situation that you locked the safe and also lost the key prior to its contents being declared evidence and that you cannot physically now open it. I am not a lawyer. I am definitely not your lawyer!