That's correct, and had I gone to the police, I'm certain I would have been told to go and see the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. The job of police is to investigate crimes, not give out certificates of good conduct. The Chief Electoral Officer would have told me what he recently repeated, which is that I had committed no offence because I refused the money. I hope he would have congratulated me.
Furthermore, had there been one, and the legislation had been different, the fact remains that it would have been my word against his, and I am certain that no Crown prosecutor would have wanted to take that case. It would have been just as big a media sensation as it is now, except that no charges would have been laid against him. And if he had been charged, he would have been acquitted. So there was absolutely no point.