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Chelsea 1

Member since
June 2021

891 posts

Posted Fri November 10, 2023 12:01pmReport post

Hello darlings.
Hope you are all ok and thought I would share my journey from the knock to present day. Feel free to add your journey.

So we got the dreaded knock in May/21 , couldn't believe it. One minute he had a great job the next gone in a split second. He went to the police station and got his solicitor and got bail. So we thought next step. Work had suspended him but they where ok with him but knew he couldn't go back.
in the December of 21 my mum passed away , she didn't know. I was the only child and she gave me the house. A long way from the knock house so nobody knew.
Second interview i think was in December as well and they found 48 pictures all categories but 24 of them got dismissed as couldn't make them out. He then handed his notice in at the work place and they where fine.
May/22 he had magistrates court and then June/22 got high court and got sentenced.
He got 2 years community order , 5 years on SHPO and 5 years on SOR. 240 hours on community service. He loved the community work working in a grave yard and got 30% for doing online work. There was no media coverage one bit.



His brother has only started talking to us again which is great and fingers crossed we can move along together.



He is working with probation on getting back to work and they have sorted out his CV which is excellent. So the next step early new year to apply for work.



Yes I decided to stay with him. Yes he has done wrong and yes he is my pain in the arse but I still love him.



Hope this helps xx

Bears123

Member since
November 2023

3 posts

Posted Fri November 10, 2023 12:14pmReport post

Hi Chelsea,

Thank you for posting this. It's good to read for somebody like me who's family member only got the knock last week. As I have. I idea what will happen going forward.



I am happy for you and your family that media wasn't involved at all! I think that's what I am most scared of, is those viligantes getting hold of my person or finding out where he lives.



Wishing you all the best for the future going forward. And well done for staying strong! X

Katie28

Member since
December 2021

183 posts

Posted Fri November 10, 2023 12:33pmReport post

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Katie28

Member since
December 2021

183 posts

Posted Fri November 10, 2023 12:34pmReport post

Thank you for sharing your journey Chelsea. Our timescales are a bit similar but I think it's important to let new members know things are very different but there is light and we can breathe again. My husband is working so hard "for" the probation service (not with as he has finished his probation period) and is involved in all kinds of work and projects with them. Family dynamics sadly haven't changed but we love and cherish those that have stood by us.

Hope your husband finds work again soon.

Just want an end to it

Member since
October 2023

212 posts

Posted Fri November 10, 2023 12:54pmReport post

Thank you so much for posting this, its lovely to see your journey and the growth xx

Caggie164

Member since
October 2023

274 posts

Posted Fri November 10, 2023 1:03pmReport post

Thank you for posting. It is interesting to read people's different experiences.

:) xx

InTatters

Member since
June 2022

175 posts

Posted Fri November 10, 2023 1:42pmReport post

Thanks for sharing, Chelsea. LFF, this is the type of post that would sit well in the new forum area I suggested: Moving forward after sentencing

InTatters

Member since
June 2022

175 posts

Posted Fri November 10, 2023 1:42pmReport post

Thanks for sharing, Chelsea. LFF, this is the type of post that would sit well in the new forum area I suggested: Moving forward after sentencing

Chelsea 1

Member since
June 2021

891 posts

Posted Fri November 10, 2023 3:17pmReport post

Thank you darlings. Xx

Upset mum

Member since
June 2020

2402 posts

Posted Fri November 10, 2023 5:07pmReport post

Evening Chelsea1 x

Thank you for sharing x

If you look back on day one to where you both are now , it shows how incredibly strong you both are xx

Chelsea 1

Member since
June 2021

891 posts

Posted Fri November 10, 2023 6:41pmReport post

Hiya Upsetmum

Hope you are well.



Yes we have come a long way and now contact has been made with his brother so fingers crossed that will continue.



Yes my pain in the ass but my pain in the ass.



xx

Upset mum

Member since
June 2020

2402 posts

Posted Fri November 10, 2023 6:45pmReport post

Chelsea x

He is very lucky to have you, x and as you say he is your pain in the ass :-) x

LostAndTorn

Member since
November 2023

72 posts

Posted Fri November 10, 2023 10:03pmReport post

Hi Chelsea 1, I'm very new here (not even three weeks yet), so it's early days and I'm struggling to see any kind of future, but it's good to read your post and know that there can be light at the end of the very long and dark tunnel. Thank you x

Chelsea 1

Member since
June 2021

891 posts

Posted Sat November 11, 2023 1:45pmReport post

Thank you Upsetmum xx

Chelsea 1

Member since
June 2021

891 posts

Posted Sat November 11, 2023 1:46pmReport post

Hiya Lost.



just take each day as it comes and breath. Make sure you make time for yourself.



xx

Seaside

Member since
July 2022

560 posts

Posted Sat November 11, 2023 3:51pmReport post

Thanks for sharing your story Chelsea it does give hope for the future.

We are now nearly 10 months post sentencing and adjusting to the new normal but in a far better place than this time last year when we still unsure what the outcome would be- as I've said to my son each day is one step further forward and we will get through this together.

Chelsea 1

Member since
June 2021

891 posts

Posted Sun November 12, 2023 1:55pmReport post

Hiya Seaside.



just take one day at a time hun

xx