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Now this may take some time for me to write and also for you to read, but please, if anyone can help me or advise me what the [censored] I can do to move forward and get Social Services off my back and for me to be the Father I should and want to be with my 10 year old son, please read on.

Back in 1991, aged 17.
I was a little [censored], I was forever in and out of trouble with the law, stealing cars, burglary, theft, shoplifting, etc etc,
I was awaiting sentence for a walk in theft where I had stole £7.500 cash from a safe, prior to being sentenced I met a woman at the local fairground, where at the time I was working on the waltzes. Shall call her T for this.
one thing led to another and I ended up going back to hers that night, it was then I saw she was actually staying in a women's refuge and her newborn daughter was asleep in the cot, apparently a friend had babysat that night, anyway a relationship between us began, but a few weeks later I was sentenced to 15 months Young Offenders for the theft of £7.500.
So off to YOI I was took, Portland YOI to be exact. I [censored] myself, first time ever in prison, anyway, about a week later I received a visit from T and her baby, all was well but she said she wanted me home with her ASAP and that she had now moved out of the women's refuge and into a home provided to her by the council, but it was 30 miles from my home town and on an old army base on Salisbury plain, tears began and feeling guilty myself for being locked away I told her that I'd be home in A few days time cause this place was a [censored] hole and my plan was too escape at the first chance that came my way.
So, I set fire to my cell, I was then rushed to Weymouth hospital for smoke inhalation, asked to use the toilet and that was me gone, out the window, jumped down onto a park vans roof, no shoes on just a vest and pair of shorts but in my eyes I was Free.........
It took me 24 hours to get to T.s new home on the army camp, arriving just before dinner the following day, now up until this point we had been apart for just over 6 weeks, so a bath, food, catch up time together, all was good, T. S baby was and seemed happy, smiles, hugs and around 8pm that evening I went out to make some money illegally from a safe I knew wud be full of cash to pay wages that night, I returned around 2am a bag full of money, but the house was empty, T and the baby were not there, so I rang around her friends whom lived on the same estate and I was told she had gone to the hospital as the baby had something wrong with her, so I called the hospital and she tells me not to worry and that she will be home soon as my mother and father would be bringing her back home when all was done at the hospital.
So I think nothing more of it and end up falling asleep on the sofa, next thing I know the lights come on and 2 police officers are standing over me, [censored] I thought, I'm on the run and 2 coppers are stood here, next thing I jump up and try to get out the house but end up fighting with them both and getting myself a ABH charge for assaulting them. Cuffs on and off to the police station I go.
The next morning I'm interviewed regarding escape from lawful custody, ABH on police, theft of a car and burglary / theft because of all the cash I had from the safe the night before. Then I'm questioned, accused and charged with Sexual Assault and GBH with intent on T, s 18 month old baby Daughter.
Seriously!! I could not believe what I was hearing, being accused of this and not having a clue what they were talking about, all they kept saying was it was me as “T”, said it wasn't her, so back to jail I went, but this time charged with the above and Not Guilty was my plea obviously.
After numerous court appearances a date for trial at Crown Court was set, In Fact it was 2 weeks prior to my release from the 15 month sentence, Day 1 of the trial arrived, the prosecution outlined their case and proceeded to give their evidence, this consisted of 1 report, which was made by the on duty AnE pediatrician at the time of “T”s arrival with her baby daughter, his evidence stated that the swelling to the baby's face was consistent with the child being slapped or struck hard across her face, also a fracture to her leg, he went on to say that during his examination red marks around the child's [censored] and [censored] were, in his opinion consistent with sexual abuse and that these injuries could have only been caused by physical and sexual abuse….
So shocking and upsetting were his comments gasps came from many of those sat within the courtroom and also those sat and here I was being accused as the person whom inflicted these so called injuries…..
That was the case for the prosecution, one report…..
Then it came to my defence team whom had numerous reports, witnesses and expert witnesses reports and also who were present to give their evidence as and when. They were called to do so.
Now first of all the swelling to the child's face was In Fact upon closer examination, an abscess / oral infection, this in turn had caused the child's cheek to swell to a substantial size, and had also caused redness around one side of the child's face. Next issue to be raised was the child's hairline fracture to her leg, this was In Fact caused by the mother T dropping the child whilst carrying her to the upper level of a double decker bus, T,s reaction was “she's ok” the driver and 2 independent witnesses came forward and also came to the trial to Confirm that this had occurred and what they saw and the reaction of T when it happened.
Evidence was then read out regarding the redness around the child's [censored] and Virginia, photos were also handed to the judge and also the jury and it was at this point a doctor to the stand and gave hidms evidence and his opinion, this concluded with this was In Fact neglect and poor hygiene when T was changing the nappy and also leaving the child for long periods of time in soiled nappies and not using any cream or ointments.
At this point the judge halted the trial, asked the jury to retire to the deliberating room so he could speak with the prosecution and defence team, it was then that the judge said that due to the overwhelming defence evidence and expert witness testimonies that the prosecution's case was no longer a case of sexual abuse nor gbh and that if anything I could be re charged with ABH and that is what happened, as I stood in the Dock a new charge of ABH was put to me and I was asked if I pleaded guilty or not guilty.
Not guilty
The jury then returned and the judge explained to them that due to the lack of evidence provided by the prosecution they were to disregard the charges of indecent assault and gbh and that if when they retired to deliberate it would be to decide if I was guilty or not guilty of ABH.
The jury retired once the judge completed his summing up and the jury retired, they returned 7 minutes later with a unanimous Not Guilty Verdict. The 3 day trial turned out to be a day and a half only.
I was then sentenced for the escape from lawful custody burglary car theft and received two years probation.
Now, ever since this case my life has been made miserable and children's services have caused me many problems when it has come to me in a relationship with anyone who has children, then intervene and place them on the child protection register because they say every time that I am guilty and have a report to prove it, the report they have is the report the prosecution used during the trial. I have asked them to produce all the paperwork regarding the case only to be told its not available as too long has passed, yet they have this damming report tucked away safe and use it time and time again,
I have a lengthy criminal history to date but never ever crimes against any children, I have a caution for abh/domestic violence and two further abh charges for domestic violence.
Does this make me a [censored] offender??????
Is it far that children's services, to this day, Continue to cause me grief, heartache and pain, I have a 10 year old son of my own, who up until recently I had been living with full time and no issues were ever raised I even went through a risk assessment last year which I passed, but childrens services now say I have not had one!!!
My current partner has a 12 year old daughter who has now been placed on the child protection register, as has her 18 year old daughter 7 month old daughter., the reason they say is for fear of emotional abuse.
Due to the allegation being 26 years old I no longer have any court paperwork regarding this allegation, nor does my solicitor as they only keep court files for 10 years.
I need help and need advice ASAP because this is surely wrong……

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Topic starter Posted : 15/05/2018 11:40 pm
 Mojo
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I would have thought you could get an enhanced CRB check, this would reveal all convictions without the usual 10yr time limit.

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Posted : 15/05/2018 11:56 pm
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I have had the Enhanced CRB Check done, all my convictions are listed, however, the allegation back in 1991/1992 which I was Found not guilty for is in fact mentioned.
It says, even though I was Found not guilty it should be brought to the attention of possible employers where dealing with vulnerable people may be part of any future job role that I may apply for.
I still to this day do not understand why a crime I was acquitted of is in fact mentioned on the reverse side of the last page of the enhanced CRB check.....
But it is there and in all fairness I think this is wrong and possibly a breach of my human rights. But I know very little when it comes to the issues which I am faced with 26 later, and even after a Not Guilty verdict...

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Topic starter Posted : 16/05/2018 12:41 am
 Mojo
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That does seem unfair, but because of it I can understand the reaction of the Children Services... the fact that you have a history of DV will also go against you.

The best advice I can give is for you to jump through every hoop and work with them, offer to attend any DV courses/programmes that they can offer and show them that you are a different person now.

If you wanted to try and do something about the addition to your record when you were found not guilty, you could go and see your MP and ask for a referral to the judicial omsbudsman, whether that would be applicable I'm not sure, but it's worth a try.

The only other thing I can think of is to pursue a judicial review of the decision to add a smear to your record after being found not guilty... again I have limited knowledge about whether your case would be suitable for such action, but perhaps it's something you can look into.

I do think you need proper legal advice about the viability of pursuing this, which can be very costly indeed. The CAB may be able to advise you. There may be free access to human rights lawyers that are prepared to offer pro bono assistance... these are things that it might be worth doing some research on.

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Posted : 16/05/2018 1:33 am
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I understand completely what you are saying, and those hoops and courses I jumped through 6 years ago,
The only Violence / DV I have on my Enhanced CRB is ABH against a police officer back In 1991/1992.
A caution in 2009 which was Again ABH, but this Involved DV, and a Further DV / ABH in 2012 and for this offence I received a 2 year probation order, which included a condition / order to attend and complete the Domestic Violence Perpetrators Thinking Skills Program / Think First Course through the Probation Service.
This I passed and completed, and since 2012 no further DV incidents or Violence has occurred....
My only crimes since have been Drink Driving and Disqualified Driving.
It seems to me that my acquittal by Judge and Jury, and my innocence finally proved within a court of law back in 1992, has left a very bad taste in Children's Services mouth.
The time and money that they had invested/wasted in bringing me to court with these false allegations, must have been huge.
Yet, to this very day, that very same inaccurate report that took me into this nightmare, is still to 26 years later being used against me by Children's Services as thier evidence, and thier reason for putting any person under the age of 18 onto the Child Protection Register, and they continue to say that I did Sexually and Physically abuse this child, and the acquittal in Crown Court is irrelevant, the report they have from 1992 is all the evidence they need and at Child Protection Meetings read out aloud the report word for word, injuries abuse etc, that proved in court by expert witnesses to be incorrect and false.
I have also been told in the past 2 weeks by Children's Services via my Probation Officer (I'm currently on probation for Disqualified Driving) that I am now no longer to have supervised or unsupervised contact with my 10 year old son, and I am to seek legal advice if I wish to see him, why now after being in his life for 10 years am I now being stopped and told to get a solicitor and take them to court, they know full well that I cannot afford the legal bill this would cost, so I asked what it was I needed to do to be my sons father again, seek legal advice is all I keep being told.....
I have now had to end my relationship with my current partner, because children's services have told her that now that her 12 year old daughter is on the CPR, if we continue our relationship they will have her daughter placed into the care of the local authority, she then asked why why why, only to be told "Its because of the Sexual and Physical Abuse that they continue to say I did do to a baby back in 1991/1992" ....
Again thankyou for your comments and advise, research and seeking expert advice etc is, it seems, the only way forward and I honestly hope that this will finally come to an end and I can finally have my life back, be a father and be the man that I know and prove I am and not a Monster that Children's Services continue to say I am....

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Topic starter Posted : 16/05/2018 4:40 am
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