My 18 yr old son had a big row with his 17 yr old girlfriend. She was drunk after being with her friends and he wasn't and was walking her home for safety reasons. When she is drunk she is violent and abusive. The story is that he told her off for drinking and it blew up into a row. She was swearing at him and being abusive. He asked her to calm down. She walked in front of him and turned round spat in his face and pushed him. He shouted at her and tried to calm her down. This went on for minutes as they were walking. In conclusion she continued her verbal abuse spat at him in the face again and went to push or grab him him? He said in defence to this he grabbed her arm and swung her away from him. She fell into a garden wall along the pavement banged her face resulting in a swollen and bruised eye/cheek area. He still continued to take her home. She called me and told me he was beating her up, kicking her etc. He continued to walk home and when he returned told me what happened and denied beating her. She texted me later that evening apologising for accusing him of beating her and said she was angry with him and wanted to get him in trouble. Next day my son was arrested for ABH possible GBH?. . She has told them he beat her up and nutted her in the face and it wasn't noted that she had been drinking, unfortunately because she waited until the next day to tell anyone it wasn't obvious she had been drunk?
He spent 6 hours isolated in a cell whilst the did their investigations. The solicitor said he was provoked and was acting in defence of her pushing or hitting out at him again etc. Eventually after nearly 9 hours he was released. I was told the CPS was not charging him at all, but they may decide to send the case to court. When we asked they said that his girlfriend has made further allegations about past violence and is seeking an injuction order? My son and i were stunned. We are going through hell and back wondering what is happening what she has said but no one will tell us. He has just been told to keep away from her or he will breach the order.
My son has a clean record and is known for being a good honest person, with good references from those that know him.
We are continually stressed out. Will he be arrested again? will we just get a letter saying the CPS are taking him to court? How can they still take him to court when the CPS didn't charge him? We are so confused and don't know what to do. My son feels sick thinking he's going to get a prison sentence. No help or guidance has been given as to what happens next or the penalties if he is taken to court and found guilty. Any advise would help.
Answer by candy g
Eve I have contacted you off this site [when you read it you will understand why lol lol]
Tell your son to keep his chin up and do his best not to worry too much, please feel free to contact me more off site about this matter.
Regards
Answer by Doethineb
You must simply wait and see. This girl is clearly bad news and is not the first female to try to get a boyfriend into trouble out of spite. Perhaps your son should think hard about exactly what happened and whether any friends would be prepared to come forward and say that they saw her in an extreme state of drunkenness that evening. Clearly at the time he presented himself as a consistent and credible witness and in all probability she didn't. If he does see her at all in the meantime, perhaps he could mention to her that wasting police time is an offence under the Criminal Law Act 1967, section 5(2) of which reads as follows:
"Where a person causes any wasteful employment of the police by knowingly making to any person a false report tending to show that an offence has been committed....., he shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for not more than six months or to a fine of not more than two hundred pounds or to both."
That might make her sit up and shut up.
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