Arrest, Search, Seizure, Warrant RIPA/GCHQ Question, was it legal?

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Johndoe666

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So I have a question I regards to procidurr when Ripa is used in a criminal case, when police raided my house(2014) they took a laptop and a desktop, both were fully disk encrypted by a software called trucrypt, I was on bail for over a year, probably because they coudnt decrypt the devices to gather Intel for case, they called me around 6 months after my bail, and asked some random quastions making it out to be a follow up interview, my legal rep was there(it was a NC interview) then as after the 10 minute interview and after the digital recording of interviews was switched off the OFIC tried to make it sound just so causally, "oh by the way we can give your computers in a few days if you give us the password, then it's best for both of us, we save money and and u save time and don't have to wait" I was shocked to say these least I just look my legal rep and they too had such a shocked and confused face and was literally speechless. My reply was that I didn't know what the OFIC was referring to, then when it kicked off, so aggressively she said "I promise you I will get in to the computers" and that was it and I left. Now after 3 or 4 months my solicitor tellams me that the police have got new disclosure, the decrypted data from the devices. At no point was I put in front a judge to be given a order to hand over the key or decrypted content of devices, my legal rep knew nothing, in the discovery was statement from a forensic computer analyst works at NTAC(GCHQ)
There was a report submitted to CPS and police by NTAC/GCHG with full details of how the devices were decrypted and God knows wht else , that report was the only thing to be placed in "unused material" of discovery. To me it seems dodgy,, I'm no legal novice even, so any advice would be great, I had legal aid so make of that what you will

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Sorry, we don't do UK here (despite what the dropdown choices say). Have a talk with your solicitor.

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