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bpsmith

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[QUOTE 4990447, member: 9609"]what happens in a situation like this with the regard to the police investigating? lets assume the mans children aged 8 & 12 were in the car; would the police ask them what had happened? in many respects they could be very good honest witnesses, but on the other hand it would just seem wrong to involve them.[/QUOTE]
They were more like 4 and 6, so wouldn’t want them involved. Your point is valid if they more the age that you quoted, I agree.
 
jefmcg

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[QUOTE 4990447, member: 9609"]what happens in a situation like this with the regard to the police investigating? lets assume the mans children aged 8 & 12 were in the car; would the police ask them what had happened? in many respects they could be very good honest witnesses, but on the other hand it would just seem wrong to involve them.[/QUOTE]
They saw a violent assault by their father. Whether or not they become witnesses, they are going to need support to process that, and an assessment of whether they are in safe environment.

As for being witnesses, the CPS has policies to safeguard them. This man is so dangerous that I would "expect" the police to talk to them if the assailant denies the accusations.

More harm would come to the kids by their dad cajoling or threatening them into silence than the mere act of asking them what happened.

Edit before posting: see the kids were much much younger. I doubt they would be reliable witnesses. I guess I'd still worry about their safety when their dad has such anger issues.
 
vickster

vickster

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bpsmith said:
Popped into A&E as can’t get GP appointment. Thorough check of knee, leg and ankle shows no sign of broken bones. Soft tissue damage only. Something clicked when walking in and eased the pain. Might be unrelated, but certainly eased the pain.
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Good that you have that documented. If you see an expert for the PI claim, those records will be requested and form part of the medical report

Manage to speak to BC yet?
 
Drago

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[QUOTE 4990447, member: 9609"]what happens in a situation like this with the regard to the police investigating? lets assume the mans children aged 8 & 12 were in the car; would the police ask them what had happened? in many respects they could be very good honest witnesses, but on the other hand it would just seem wrong to involve them.[/QUOTE]

The 8 year old, no. That would require a specialist vulwit interview, and because of the scarcity of qualified D's that would be reserved for murder case, terrorism jobs etc.

The 12 year old, perhaps, if he is of normal development and learning for his years. However, I doubt the Father will give premission for obvious reasons, and they're unlikely to try and get a Court Order compelling him to grant such permission for what the CPS will almost certainly label a S4 public order job, with a bit if criminal damage thrown in. You might get a CPS prosecutor who'll run with careless or dangerous, butnim my experience that'd be unlikely, though not impossible

Sounds as if the OP has witnesses, so if they're credible (ie, recently convicted of fraud, theft or a dishonesty offence) then gaining an independent account should be straightforward.
 
vickster

vickster

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Drago said:
The 8 year old, no. That would require a specialist vulwit interview, and because of the scarcity of qualified D's that would be reserved for murder case, terrorism jobs etc.

The 12 year old, perhaps, if he is of normal development and learning for his years. However, I doubt the Father will give premission for obvious reasons, and they're unlikely to try and get a Court Order compelling him to grant such permission for what the CPS will almost certainly label a S4 public order job, with a bit if criminal damage thrown in. You might get a CPS prosecutor who'll run with careless or dangerous, butnim my experience that'd be unlikely, though not impossible

Sounds as if the OP has witnesses, so if they're credible (ie, recently convicted of fraud, theft or a dishonesty offence) then gaining an independent account should be straightforward.
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Don't you mean not recently convicted :wacko:
 
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