Heam44
Well-known member
Very few prosecutions are easy.Unfortunately abusers usually isolate people from others in order to hide what's going on. Especially with something like this, I wouldn't be surprised if noone knew what was going on.
I hope that this will lead to a long prison sentence and his career being over, but I just have a nasty feeling that they'll find a way to make this go away.
And as you say, she might never have disclosed anything to friends or family.
But also:
He could already be in custody, with his phone being downloaded as we speak.
She may have initially co-operated with the police and handed her phone over to be downloaded, if she later changes her mind regards to prosecution the police have already got that evidence.
She might not have disclosed what was happening to anybody, however police may get statements from her friends and family along the lines of : I remember she had a black eye / cut lip etc she said she fell down the stairs.
She may have attended hospital for treatment and stated she walked into a door, the dates may correlate with the statement from family members, therefore showing she wasn’t telling the truth about how her injury’s occurred.
Neighbours could be giving statements about what they’d seen or heard. Some of them may even have CCTV / phone footage of incident s happening in the garden / conservatory / near to french doors etc
Police may have had reports about him previously that never made it into the public domain.
Etc etc