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A bit of an update. CPN came to see me this morning and I was in tears and shaking because every day is a battle just trying to keep a sense of normality, and to-day I couldn't do it! Anyway, she phoned the police using 101 (to see if she could find out any information and if they could tell me what the arrest and charging process would be if it went that far as this has been worrying me so much), and asked to be put through to the police in the county where the allegations were made. She spoke to a very pleasant and helpful policewoman there who gave her the name of the Inspector in charge up there and a log number, said she'd do some investigating and call back which she did within a matter of minutes. She asked for more details (she initially said I didn't exist on their computer as I'd changed my surname when I got divorced). She then found "a report" and would ask someone to call me back to-day and explain things to me. In less than 10 minutes someone else rang and spoke to me. She (a DC) said that it was still being investigated and the tapes (which I'd made on 15th November) had only arrived a "week or 2 before Christmas" and gave the impression that they hadn't been listened to yet and that they'd have to be "re-assessed" but didn't explain what that meant; no decision had been made and the Inspector's Supervisor can't review them til they've been listened to. I asked if she was able to tell me if the other person in the allegations had been found yet; she said she hadn't read through the report far enough to find out, but the Inspector would be able to tell me. She added that I wouldn't hear anything one way or the other for at least 6-8weeks and then explained the arrest process to me if it went that far. She said that the Inspector was on leave and would return on Wednesday 2nd Jan and that she would e mail him to-day and ask him to ring me on Wednesday; she also took my mobile number to ensure he could get through to me. She also said that she would ask that, if it went to arrest, that the local police ring me first to say that a letter is in the post, so that I'm prepared for its arrival rather than just the shock of just getting the letter.
She said that all further communication would be via my solicitor, and not to be offended if he found out what was happening before I did. I told her that my solicitor had told me the reverse - that he would have no further part in the case unless I got arrested and that I should keep him up to date whenever I knew anything. The DC said this was most unusual and never happened because if the police spoke to me first then it would be possible for me to inadvertantly say something to them that my solicitor wouldn't know about!! so they always communicated via the solicitor...
I'm quite surprised to say the least by all this - this is all information given pleasantly, helpfully and very kindly by police officers from the force where the allegations were made, to me - one of the accused...
I'll let you knowo what the Inspector says on Wednesday....
A bit of an update. CPN came to see me this morning and I was in tears and shaking because every day is a battle just trying to keep a sense of normality, and to-day I couldn't do it! Anyway, she phoned the police using 101 (to see if she could find out any information and if they could tell me what the arrest and charging process would be if it went that far as this has been worrying me so much), and asked to be put through to the police in the county where the allegations were made. She spoke to a very pleasant and helpful policewoman there who gave her the name of the Inspector in charge up there and a log number, said she'd do some investigating and call back which she did within a matter of minutes. She asked for more details (she initially said I didn't exist on their computer as I'd changed my surname when I got divorced). She then found "a report" and would ask someone to call me back to-day and explain things to me. In less than 10 minutes someone else rang and spoke to me. She (a DC) said that it was still being investigated and the tapes (which I'd made on 15th November) had only arrived a "week or 2 before Christmas" and gave the impression that they hadn't been listened to yet and that they'd have to be "re-assessed" but didn't explain what that meant; no decision had been made and the Inspector's Supervisor can't review them til they've been listened to. I asked if she was able to tell me if the other person in the allegations had been found yet; she said she hadn't read through the report far enough to find out, but the Inspector would be able to tell me. She added that I wouldn't hear anything one way or the other for at least 6-8weeks and then explained the arrest process to me if it went that far. She said that the Inspector was on leave and would return on Wednesday 2nd Jan and that she would e mail him to-day and ask him to ring me on Wednesday; she also took my mobile number to ensure he could get through to me. She also said that she would ask that, if it went to arrest, that the local police ring me first to say that a letter is in the post, so that I'm prepared for its arrival rather than just the shock of just getting the letter.
She said that all further communication would be via my solicitor, and not to be offended if he found out what was happening before I did. I told her that my solicitor had told me the reverse - that he would have no further part in the case unless I got arrested and that I should keep him up to date whenever I knew anything. The DC said this was most unusual and never happened because if the police spoke to me first then it would be possible for me to inadvertantly say something to them that my solicitor wouldn't know about!! so they always communicated via the solicitor...
I'm quite surprised to say the least by all this - this is all information given pleasantly, helpfully and very kindly by police officers from the force where the allegations were made, to me - one of the accused...
I'll let you knowo what the Inspector says on Wednesday....
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