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Hi all



During the process of the investigation into my husband he has disclosed that he was abused as a child. He has now taken the decision to report this past abuse.



He wants to do this anyway - but I understand it could also be a mitigating factor at sentencing.

Does anyone have any experience with a) reporting historical abuse cases? And b) if this has had any impact to mitigating circumstances at sentencing and what it's lead to?



thanks

Hi Lee



Thats what my hubby wants too - closure for him and any other potential victims. It's me thinking it might also help his case.



Only issue we are having is we know the guys surname and his sons name and a lot of other details - but not his first name. So now starting the process of trying to find out his name as I'm not sure it's enough to not have his first name ect.



Have you found that your husband has been able to get closure or not yet?



2 years is a long time to have been going through all this. Do you think reporting the abuse has delayed your husbands case? Hope it's all over for you soon.

Thanks Lee really appreciate it



We did some Facebook digging and found the guy last night so we now have his name. I think in a few days hubby will make the report and hopefully he gets the same relief yours did.