Your Witness Statement or Investigation Statement will contain your description of the facts regarding the offence being investigated: The statement will contain what you’ve said during the interview. You must tell the truth in your statement, otherwise you can charged for lying or giving false information to the investigators. You must read and amend your statement before signing it to make sure it is an accurate account of what you said during your interview. You are allowed to choose not to say anything that will would expose you to a criminal charge i.e. you have a legal right not to admit that you’ve carried out the alleged offence. If you’re accused of carrying out a criminal offence, you must give your full explanation early because the Court can view this as being less believable if you only mention it much later. If the Witness Statement was recorded from you voluntarily, its contents can be used against you in Court. You’re considered as having given the statement voluntarily if you signed the statement on your free will without any inducement, threat or promise from the interviewer.