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Hi,
My ex-husabnd was arrested in september 2017 and again last summer and I have finally today been told that he is to be charged with 2 counts of Sexual Communication with a minor.
I feel very angry that all this has taken so long but also at these charges. I expected more. He told me himself that he had downloaded hundreds of images over 15 years, he also said he would always need to be careful of wanting to engage in this kind of activity. But I also know from the police that he refused to talk with them, knowing that it would help reduce his sentence, he has told me from the outset that he would do whatever it took to not go to prison. He was also a teacher at a secondary school until his first arrest.
I understand that the police can only use the evidence they have but I feel so angry that he is a recurrent sex offender and has been grooming girls on line (by his own admission) and that the charges don't appear to reflect this. I feel he represents a continued threat to young girls and have said so to the police but my word counts for nothing. Of course he is very good at manipulating people and has only confessed these things to me so I look like a bitter ex-wife trying to inflate the scandal. I feel guenuinely that this has been mis-handled by the police and concerned that I cannot keep my own children from having to be in contact with him, let alone anyone elses.
I feel so let down. It's ruined mine and my childrens lives and he seems to be about to get away with it. How is any of it fair on us?
Lou x
My ex-husabnd was arrested in september 2017 and again last summer and I have finally today been told that he is to be charged with 2 counts of Sexual Communication with a minor.
I feel very angry that all this has taken so long but also at these charges. I expected more. He told me himself that he had downloaded hundreds of images over 15 years, he also said he would always need to be careful of wanting to engage in this kind of activity. But I also know from the police that he refused to talk with them, knowing that it would help reduce his sentence, he has told me from the outset that he would do whatever it took to not go to prison. He was also a teacher at a secondary school until his first arrest.
I understand that the police can only use the evidence they have but I feel so angry that he is a recurrent sex offender and has been grooming girls on line (by his own admission) and that the charges don't appear to reflect this. I feel he represents a continued threat to young girls and have said so to the police but my word counts for nothing. Of course he is very good at manipulating people and has only confessed these things to me so I look like a bitter ex-wife trying to inflate the scandal. I feel guenuinely that this has been mis-handled by the police and concerned that I cannot keep my own children from having to be in contact with him, let alone anyone elses.
I feel so let down. It's ruined mine and my childrens lives and he seems to be about to get away with it. How is any of it fair on us?
Lou x
It is quite common I think for solicitors to advise no comment when questioned on the extent of the offending. It did annoy me when my partner did this. He explained it meant the charges would reflect purely on the evidence they had. Tho in his case they did manage to track about 10 years worth of evidence. I too would not be impressed if they didn't cover the whole time he was offending.