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Hi Murkin,

Sorry to hear of this situation. This is very concerning.

Provided you can guarantee you have not done this allegation (forgive me but I don't know you from Adam hence the clause) I would now write a letter to the Police to explain the circumstance in a cordial and urbane way.

In this letter you must detail two things. One, that should there be no evidence linking you to these Twitter accounts (they are 99% traceable to a source) that you intend to file a complaint with them under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Section 1, 2 and 3 and expect the police to deal fully and competently with this with the powers that legislation provides. Your ex will be named as the offender.

Two if it is found she has done this you could also press for attempting to Pervert the course of Justice.

To be honest this is getting quite serious. Are you the poster who was mentioning about this the other day? I would call 101 and when asked which I your local force say no and ask to speak to another force and explain the situation. Having used them many times they are often helpful.

Keep us posted

Hi BM, sorry to read this.

I would follow Yoji's advice and possibly speak to a solicitor or Coram Children's Legal Centre as well.

Keep posting and we will do what we can to help.

Good luck

The Twitter accounts have all been deactivated. All she has submitted to the police are screenshots of messages.

They are fake and they cannot be linked back to me since I am not responsible for them. I'm certain its her or someone connected to her.

Hi There,
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I would say as above follow the advice Yoji has given, get something formal, sent asap, you aren't responsible and that should be easy to prove, the police should be able to get the ip adresses ect from twitter to confirm this, and without evidence, they will have to drop the case.
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Proving it's down to your ex may be harder if she has used someone else to post them, even if they link the person to your ex, they could simply claim they did it off thier own back, though I think anyone with any sense would see right through that.
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GTTS

Hi BMurkin,

If there is an @username from twitter there will be a record unless it was a photoshopped @ account name.

Me personally I would continue to press the Police on this and ask to go and give a statement as if it is as you say it is harassment.

If you give a statement you can then counter this in court to give your views and the facts:
V) ex created the fake accounts and posted comments for malicious reasons and;
F) I took it so seriously I have given a statement to the police who if there is any further instances of this behavior from Mum will be pursued by the police as harassment

You could equally write a short letter to the police to make them aware.

Keeping them in the loop is very important in establishing a pattern of behavior. Good luck.