Adding/editing victim statement?

[Username02]

If you make a statement to the police as a victim, and then later on down feel that being under the influence of alcohol made a difference to what your actions were and what happened, can you add this to your statement? Will you get in trouble for it?

Yes, you can change your statement. If your original statement was wrong, you must do so.

It is possible you could be prosecuted or given a fixed penalty for wasting police time if the change means your original statement was false, e.g. you alleged that a crime had been committed but the change means there was no offence. Without knowing the details, it is impossible for anyone to say how likely it is that the police would take action against you.

If you don't correct your statement, you are more likely to face action for wasting police time if they discover the truth. Worse, if it gets to court and you haven't corrected your statement, you could be charged with perjury, which is a far more serious offence.

Thanks for your reply (I am the OP)
yes so the statement wouldn’t be false with this change it’s all still true. I didn’t want to go into too much detail on the charges but based on my statement there’s a few which I agree with, however with one of them I am struggling to support it as I believe you could argue that my alcohol influence is a part in what happened and it’s not entirely the offenders fault, if that makes sense?

But me having a few to drink was never hidden in my original statement it’s there I just feel like it’s been taken the wrong way

Domestic violence by any chance? Has the perpetrator of the crime spoken to you?

Yes and no contact with the perpetrator

Your alcohol use will not have affected the incident. Nobody should have laid their hands on you, no matter what. Nothing you did has made this happen.

You are being extremely strong just making your statement in the first place. Are you accessing any support for yourself?

It isn't entirely clear if a change is needed. However, based on what you have said, you won't get into trouble for changing your statement.

I am not trying to blame the incident entirely on my alcohol influence. The person has been charged and pleaded guilty for what they did, however the final charge would make a huge impact on the sentence is found guilty/not guilty, and it is arguable that if I didn’t have a drink and I was of A sober mind, yes the incident still happened, but I wouldn’t have made this final decision that had a terrible outcome, because I would have been in a more sensible mind set, (Sorry I am trying my best to describe it without actually putting the full story on here) I am just thinking in the long run when the sentencing happens am I going to be able to move forward without a conscience and I’m afraid that if I don’t speak up on this I will forever feel like it wasn’t truly fair.