I suspect, Toad, that you have seen through this article.
"The police can hold a suspect for up to 36 hours, if you have been arrested for an “arrestable offence”. However, if you have been arrested for an offence that is not strictly speaking “arrestable”, then the maximum time they can hold you is still 24 hours as before. The Home Office guidelines indicated that the power to detain for up to 36 hours should be exercised sparingly. See “Police Powers of Arrest” (page 15) for more on “arrestable offences”.
The period of detention begins from when you arrive at the police station, and not from the time of your arrest. For most minor public order offences, you are unlikely to be detained for longer than 6 hours. An officer of the rank Inspector or higher has to authorise your continued detention after the first 6 hours, then every 9 hours after that.
In serious cases, the police can apply to magistrates to detain you for longer – up to a maximum of 96 hours without charge. "
So basically, they got an Inspector to authorise continued holding of this guy at least 3 times? When the 36 hour point was reached, they went to a magistrate and got a court order to extend the holding period?
I call b****** on this one, I'm afraid.
What actually happened, is that the Inspector told the guy to stop revving his engine. Jenkins told him to F off or something similar. He was then arrested for a breach of the peace. I'm not too sure about the length of the detention, but I bet it wasn't two days. The muslim thing is mentioned because that is what one of the witnesses said. Sunday Mail gets hold of the story and hypes it up. Internet wrag gets hold of story and hypes it up again. Article is spotted and posted on obscure BBS and there is much hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth about Muslims and multi-culturalism.
I should think the Inspector is in hot water over this, however.
