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[brickdust]

I am unsure of what has been said or to whom, a ex step daughter has said that she has reported me to the police for a offence, as yet I have no idea of what, when or where, My own daughter has phoned me quite distraught and told me that the accuserers sister (both are my daughters step sisters) said the police phoned her for comment to which she replied that she has no knowledge of any offence, the caller said they would be contacting my daughter and my ex wife, My ex and my daughter are behind me, apparently she had made this accusation before and retracted it and she has also accused an uncle previously and also said she was lying, My question is would the police conduct enquiries in this way over the phone, or is it possible she is making these calls herself,
Brick

[largactyl1]

Hi Brick, and welcome to the site. This is a good place to get answers, advice and just to let off steam about False Accusation and all it entails.

I'm afraid I don't know the answers to your questions. Is it that your daughter knows what you have been accused of by yr step daughter? Or do you have no clue at all as to what the accusation is? I assume that you must have an idea as you have come to a forum which is specifically for those Falsely Accused of sexual crimes.

I don't know whether the police would interview someone over thwe phone - although my opinion would be that they wouldn't, it just doesn't sound right does it. If she receives another phonecall, yr daughter should request the callers name and phone number of the main switch board so that she can be put through - to verify that the caller is who s/he says it is. They won't be offended if they really are genuine.

Kind Regards
Jen

[brickdust]

Hi again, this is getting weirder, no one has heard anything, and the caller who claimed to be police have not contacted anyone they said they wanted phone and adresses of, but my daughters sis who got the call unfortunaltly gave out the phone number and address of my natural daughter who is estranged from the father of her wee boy, we think now that the allegations were a ruse by someone acting on behalf of the father to get my girls location as she has moved to avoid contact. So if this is the case what sort of sicko would throw around accusations like that, but I suppose there are many on here who know the answer to that, lets hope that this is the best case scenario,
BD

[Boys don't cry]

Unsure of what has been said or to whom, I have no idea of what, when or where, apparently ,is it possible ,
, no one has heard anything, and the caller who claimed to be police have not contacted anyone,weirder, no one has heard anything, have not contacted anyone they said they wanted, we think now that the allegations were a ruse by someone BD

Hello Brickdust and welcome.

I just cutted and pasted some "sentences"from your two posts.
Plese,keep calm and as long as the police doesn't contact you,,you should be less stressed.
Just avoid any contact with the person you think is the accuser.

[brickdust]

This is a legitimate police enquiry the have been in touch with my own daughter who is to be interviewed this week what advice can I give her, the also want to interview my ex wife should I talk to a lawyer ??

[Casehardened]

This is a legitimate police enquiry the have been in touch with my own daughter who is to be interviewed this week what advice can I give her, the also want to interview my ex wife should I talk to a lawyer ??

Hi,

If the police have become involved it is almost certain that you will be interviewed under caution at some stage; at the moment the police are just sussing out something to ask you about! Fortunately the days of automatic arrest for these sort of allegations seem to have passed, but if arrested your PC and mobile may well be seized and examined (more likely if the accuser/s were under age at the time of the alleged incidents) EDIT to add that this was written before I realised the OP was based in Scotland: the Scottish police may have different procedures.

It is well worth lining up a specialist solicitor who would be prepared to accompany you to the interview and if you post up the county where the incident was alleged to have occurred, other members may be able to offer personal recommendations. If you are able to fund a solicitor privately rather than on legal aid the available choice of firms will be much wider.

I would strongly suggest that you don't give any advice to your daughter or ex on how to tackle their interviews; if this came out during the interview ("dad said......") it will be construed as interfering with a potential witness, and will suggest you do have something to hide.

[brickdust]

Thanks for the advice, I am in Scotland, If my girl or ex phone me with what was said or asked what should I do with that info
BD

[Casehardened]

Thanks for the advice, I am in Scotland, If my girl or ex phone me with what was said or asked what should I do with that info
BD

The legal system in Scotland works differently to that in the rest of the UK and I'm not really up to speed on it, so can only generalise.

If you get some information about the allegation made against you from your daughter or your ex, you may be able to formulate a defence (i.e. you may have an alibi for the given dates)

The difficulty is then to decide what to do with this information: do you produce this defence in your forthcoming interview or do you wait until any court case? If the former it is not unknown for the police to re-interview the accuser challenging her statements, she may then 'remember' the 'correct' facts and make a new statement.

If this is the case it may be well worth having a private consultation with a solicitor prior to any interview to decide on the best course of action.

We do have a couple of members with very good knowledge of the Scottish system who may be able to advise you further if they happen along.

[brickdust]

Interveiw with lawyer arranged & interim advice secured, I followed a link on here, Thanks all
BD

[brickdust]

Hi all been 4 weeks since I first heard about all this, it has transpired that the police wil be contacting me soon my lawyer has advised "no comment" whats your veiws on this in Scotland.
B

[MR SMITH]

brick dust

do nothing and sit tight. it could take months at least 3-4 months.get a good lawyer/solicitor say nothing and try to get on with your life and try to write and recall all your steps and document it so if you need it you have it.

i had a allegation which i knew was false and after 4 months i have no further action.i have to now decide what path to take against the accuser.because at the time i could not use my evidence in-case i needed it later at a herring if it went that far.

you have to do a lot of research and realize that you have to take a low profile approach and if your innocent common sense pr-ovals with in the investigation
all the best

[MR SMITH]

reply

you have to remember that your innocent and its up to the police to prove you guilty.and leave it like that what ever is said.if your accuser has said things and there untrue just reply they did not happen.

and when you are asked over time any other things stand by your account and be truthful and then your account will never change. Over a period of time your accuser will be called on and asked over and over again what happened and it takes a good liar to keep to the same story.the police and there counter parts have been doing this along time and it all comes down to evidence? and facts

good luck

[Faith]

I am glad you got the right result Mr Smith and many thanks for joining the site to share your advice and experiences with our members.

I would say however, that it isn't always as simple as being okay if you're innocent.

[Izzy]

Hi all been 4 weeks since I first heard about all this, it has transpired that the police wil be contacting me soon my lawyer has advised "no comment" whats your veiws on this in Scotland.
B

I know since Cadder, in Scotland, defence lawyers seem to be routinely advising their clients to make no comment at all during police interviews, is that why he is advising that Brick?

[brickdust]

The lawyer is very insistant on the no comment route, as he believes that they are looking for some sort of corroboration from me and even an innocuous remark may be construed as corroboration
B