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Thanks for the add. A question regarding Police handling of a complaint.
A has reported to them that they have been harassed over social media messages by Two people B & C including a message from B saying that if A did not do what B said things would get worse for A
Police say that despite several messages from B & C this is not harassment just falls under malicious communications act which is not an offence and they would tell B & C to stop all communication and advised A not to respond to them despite that being the threat from B that if A did not respond things would get worse and telling A to block them on FB which A does.
The following morning A gets up to find their car has been vandalized which A reports to the police who tell A that without evidence despite the previous threat they will not even question B&C this despite A having lived at that address for nearly 2 decades without incident no other cars on this quiet surburban estate ever being targetted.
During the following day C continues to harass A via other social media channels and that night when auto recovery come to assess the vehicle which the Police had earlier said was not subject to vandalism and that both tyres had gone down due to loose hubcaps however Auto recovery found bothe had been deliberately cut in the same position whilst this assessment was going on C was watching and listening through their open bedroom window and after auto recovery had left took to shining a red laser light at A
As auto recovery could not repair the tyres that night the following day when Tyre company came to replace the tyres it was noted that now a tyre on the caravan was also deflated and this too had been cut. During this visit again C was watching out of the open window after the car tyres were repaired and the man left C took to making lewd gestures out of their bedroom window.
The police were still unwilling to associate B&C with the criminal damage nor even take action over the continued contact and conduct by B&C so for their Safety A left the area that evening B&C took to contacting A yet again this time getting C's partner to try befriending A on FB and the using Whatsapp to contact A having gone over A's previous posts on FB screenshotted them and then using a recently dead relative of B&C's FB account to get these posts.
Several questions arise from this Are the Police right not to even consider B or C as potential suspects for the criminal damage to A's car and caravan ?
I should add that A was assaulted by B back in December something the police also failed to investigate and didn't even take statements from the 2 witnesses to that assault
Apologies for the long scenario but advice and opinions on this would be much appreciated
A has reported to them that they have been harassed over social media messages by Two people B & C including a message from B saying that if A did not do what B said things would get worse for A
Police say that despite several messages from B & C this is not harassment just falls under malicious communications act which is not an offence and they would tell B & C to stop all communication and advised A not to respond to them despite that being the threat from B that if A did not respond things would get worse and telling A to block them on FB which A does.
The following morning A gets up to find their car has been vandalized which A reports to the police who tell A that without evidence despite the previous threat they will not even question B&C this despite A having lived at that address for nearly 2 decades without incident no other cars on this quiet surburban estate ever being targetted.
During the following day C continues to harass A via other social media channels and that night when auto recovery come to assess the vehicle which the Police had earlier said was not subject to vandalism and that both tyres had gone down due to loose hubcaps however Auto recovery found bothe had been deliberately cut in the same position whilst this assessment was going on C was watching and listening through their open bedroom window and after auto recovery had left took to shining a red laser light at A
As auto recovery could not repair the tyres that night the following day when Tyre company came to replace the tyres it was noted that now a tyre on the caravan was also deflated and this too had been cut. During this visit again C was watching out of the open window after the car tyres were repaired and the man left C took to making lewd gestures out of their bedroom window.
The police were still unwilling to associate B&C with the criminal damage nor even take action over the continued contact and conduct by B&C so for their Safety A left the area that evening B&C took to contacting A yet again this time getting C's partner to try befriending A on FB and the using Whatsapp to contact A having gone over A's previous posts on FB screenshotted them and then using a recently dead relative of B&C's FB account to get these posts.
Several questions arise from this Are the Police right not to even consider B or C as potential suspects for the criminal damage to A's car and caravan ?
- Would a normal person in A's position be reasonable to feel anxious and distressed by this?
- Should this still be considered by the Police to be only Malicious communications and therefore not criminal?
- What can A do about the Police' s refusal to take action and investigate?
I should add that A was assaulted by B back in December something the police also failed to investigate and didn't even take statements from the 2 witnesses to that assault
Apologies for the long scenario but advice and opinions on this would be much appreciated
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