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Thanks for all your messages, it's really good to know I'm not alone. It's a real fear. I've never really had a run in with the police. Although, I have called them for something before.
I did do something I probably shouldn't have though. I basically wrote a white lie on a form for a uni assessment (DSA assessment) saying I didn't have a laptop when I had a broken one. I then had my face to face assessment and explained I had a broken laptop (so told the truth) and they gave me a desktop (and other equipment) but then the broken laptop got mended so I told the assessor and he said don't worry the equipment they bought for me is mine and to keep it (I asked if they wanted it back)
Sorry if that makes no sense. In short, I can see there might be a reason for me to feel I did wrong and fear the police but I can see that there must be a bigger picture.
If any of that makes any sense, please do reply as I'm not sure it does. Thanks for reading.