... other place to which people have ready access at the time", but is not the suspect's garden. In this case it is in The Shires shopping centre in Leicester; this suggests that it complied with s.1(1) and 1(4) of PACE, unless the police officer took him to a part of the shopping centre which was not open to the public. However, this isn't specified in the information given to us, so we can assume that this was not the case. A fundamental requirement for a stop and search to be lawful is the need for "reasonable grounds"3 for suspicion that a person is carrying stolen or prohibited articles, or any articles to which subsection (8A) in section 1 PACE applies. "Reasonable grounds" are not defined in the statutory provisions of PACE, but are expanded upon in PACE Code A. This states that reasonable suspicion cannot be based on stereotypes or ...

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