in the UK there are specific circumstances where adverse inferences may be made from silence, the police caution is: > You do not have to say anything. But it

in the UK there are specific circumstances where adverse inferences may be made from silence, the police caution is: > You do not have to say anything. But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence. the wikipedia article goes into details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence_in_England_and_Wales#Adverse_inferences_from_silence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence_in_England_an...