I'm so furious and upset about it [...] If I'd had enough spine I would have said no to the caution. They couldn't have charged me.

Alicia Monckton, then Liddle's girlfriend, declined to continue with her complaint when the police arrived at their home. Monckton told The Independent on Sunday: "There was a physical struggle with a suitcase, but he didn't hit me". Liddle was held by the police for five hours under new guidelines not dependent on a complaint having been made, but he agreed to a caution for common assault to speed up his release. The couple later married.