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So today I made the call to self refer us to social services, I had really built this up in my head and so do actually feel so much better now it's done. Just waiting for the assessment now, thanks so much for all the posts about safety plans.
The duty solicitor we have doesn't seem interested at all and is pressuring my husband to plead guilty before he's seen the evidence, he said we could annoy the courts by asking to see it and questioning anything which would give us a worse sentence.
Im just so exhausted by it all, I feel like I'm living a double life as no one knows, I'm pretending everything is ok and going to baby groups and seeing friends. It feels so lonely at times

Hi Lee,

we had the knock on the door in September 20, had the second interview in September 21 and had the charges sent just before Christmas. The court date is in a couple of weeks.
we have asked the solicitor to get the evidence but he says he'll be lucky to get it a couple days before court. We have phoned around some more solicitors today for quotes so will hopefully get another. But the duty solicitor said we would only get legal aid if we used him.