Looking for advice

[Staysee]

It was 11:30 they asked the question so they had from 11:30 to 13:00 in which to decide on what the judge said. My guess is that is all 12 were thinking possibly guilty but wanted clearance then that would of helped them decide I would think if he was guilty.....if you follow me

[Staysee]

Back in now waiting

[Staysee]

They sent a note saying the can't be unanimous on all counts. So have been directed to aim for unanimous decision but settle for 10 to 2.

As they said that two of the jurors looked at eachother and we think it was a "this is never gonna happen" that or a "we know how this is gonna go" but we're more under the impression of they don't think it'll happen.

Fingers crossed guys, also when in the court a white feather floated in

[Staysee]

NOT GUILTY XD

Found not guilty on 8 out of 9 counts so the judge said that he won't make them decide on the other count and has acquited him

[Peter1975]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! Thank goodness

[Rights Fighter]

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!

[Franticwithworry]

Great news!!!!

[Staysee]

Thank you all so much for being there for me and my other half, if I didn't have a place to write things then I think I would of gone more mental then I did

[wakingnightmare]

Congratulations

[Rights Fighter]

This is precisely why we are here hon. To support and advise

[Casehardened]

This is such great news!

[Staysee]

Not so great for my OH's mum....she went home to her husband, step dad to my other half and he seemed pissed off that he didn't go down, when just 2 weeks ago he was saying he doesn't believe a word of it.

It's his niece and nephew who were the accusers so it was hard and not only has it divides cousins that were more like brothers, it's ruined his mother's relationship too now.

How cruel is this world? When things start going right there's always something else to happen to drag it back down again

[Peter1975]

Sadly these things can and do split even the closest of families. It can be very difficult if not impossible when loyalties are divided. Your OH's step dad can't win at the moment with it all being so raw.He probably feels he is being made to choose sides when he would rather stay neutral, not knowing who to believe and he perhaps resents all of you a little bit for putting him that position.

Many of the falsely accused want to see the liars jailed, or hung drawn and quartered and some deserve it, but especially when families are concerned, often the worst thing to do in the long run is make things more difficult for the truth to eventually be told.

Let the dust settle, time changes everything. For now, you can relax, the worst is over and the accusers may in time be glad the right outcome was reached too. There is a lot of power in the act of forgiveness and it is up to you in time to enable them to tell the truth.

That doesn't mean that they will ever tell the truth but you will have done the right thing and that is enough.

You can only be responsible for yourself and it will only ever be you that you see in the mirror, the same goes for them.

Be kind to yourselves and one another.

[Franticwithworry]

I'm so glad that you found support here but sorry to hear that the repercussions are ongoing, including for your Mum. It often takes families a long time after the trial to settle back into everyday life and some never do but there's every chance that, as things settle down your step-dad settles down too. His emotions must be all over the place and the reality of a not-guilty verdict doesn't always match with what's anticipated. He may still believe that the Not Guilty verdict is right, but he's now having to deal with the reality of his relatives not being believed by the jury. It must be a horrible conflict to deal with.

Give it a some time, and feel free to be here for whatever support you need. It doesn't end when the trial ends.

[Staysee]

I think we stupidly believed that it would all be so happy afterwards but it's not.....we are now wary of his cousins as in court one of them admitted that they were going to "take it into their own hands" before their sister came forward, so now we worry.....will they do that now? We're sure they know that to EVER try it, they will probably get banged up for doing it and it possibly be "premeditated" aswell.

Also, we've been living with this over our heads since spring 2015, me and my OH only got together Dec 2014 and then his nan got diagnosed with cancer, died in the deb and then it all came out....we have never had it easy, along with his ex doing everything she could to stop him seeing his daughter, now it's like we can finally be free, move on, start our own family, get his daughter back and just live.....but we're not used to being allowed to do this, so it feels almost as if nothing's changed, until we get things going of course