Anyone read about the mum getting arrested for taking her dcs ipads?

Yeah, I didn't even bother to do more searching. I was 95% certain that it was some man tryiing to further contorl and abuse his ex. The 5% was only because I do know that there ARE situations in which one parent can make it really difficult for other parent to maintain contact with their children when not together and there was a small chance that was what was happening here but really seemed unlikely as it seems like when that DOES happen it's usually hte man refusing to let his children call their mum while they're with him. If it's the woman, from what I can see, it's because he wants her to talk to him about what the children are doign with real time updates and it's totally OTT

I'm sick of hearing men using the police to abuse their exes.

A friend was dragged all the way to court where the judge took one look and threw it out and blasted the police for their incompetence and wasting everyone's time.

Meanwhile thousands of pounds had been spent and months and months of stress and worry.

It seems the police take men's complaints more seriously.

If @DancingNotDrowning and I are looking at the same Google results and if it's the same couple (sounds like it), they are not even his children. He was a live-in "stepdad" for two or three years, a few years ago. There is no need for him to be giving out iPads at all, let alone watching them like a hawk and calling the police when they move an inch. It seems like pure control tactics, to get at his ex.

When she said 'those ipads aren't stolen, they belong to my daughters', what should the police have done? She could be lying. But I feel as though they could have got to the bottom of it without taking her to the station.

I don't see the issue here. Man report iPads stolen, tracked to house.
Why would he assume they are stolen?
Would he not ask his presumably ex wife, something along the lines of 'how come the ipads are at your mums, I know they are there but for some weird reason I'm tracking them.'
Why would the police take the children out of class? How stressful , heavy handed and embarrassing for children.

Police ask house owner if she has them. She lies and is arrested
I think this needs to be explored. Did she actually lie or did she not have a clue about supposedly stolen ipads because no ipads have been

It sounds like the police asked the grandmother about where the iPads were not the mother. The grandmother probably had no idea about the confiscation or that the iPads were in her house, they could have been in a bag that belonged to her daughter and were not mentioned.

I don't see the issue here. Man report iPads stolen, tracked to house. Police ask house owner if she has them. She lies and is arrested

A little bit of googling suggests that this is possibly the latest part of an ongoing campaign by her ex husband.

So the police are now not just ignoring domestic abuse, they are facilitating it.

how wonderful.

What a stupid take (and Im blaming you for that, not a man, you'll be pleased to know), have you even read the article?

Well, I was at my desk, tracking my teenage daughters' devices (as you do) when I noticed they were neither at home nor at school, but at a different address which, in a momentary brain fart, I failed to recognise as that of their grandmother. So I called the police. Because checking with the children or their mother or grandmother would have thwarted my plan to harass my unfortunate ex.

I would love to hear his side of the story!
I can't think of any reason , with the info we have, why he would do this apart from being a controlling abusive twat.

And by targeting the mother in this way he is also abusing the children.

What did she do wrong?

She confiscated her children's iPads to get them to do their homework. The children did not report the iPads missing. Reading the news article carefully it seems that the police arrested the mother quite soon after the report had been made and it was during the school day so presumably the children would have thought the iPads were at home. The ex was monitoring the iPads quite closely and, unless the grandmother has moved, he would have known that they were at his children's grandmothers address. He made a malicious report and should face consequences for using the police to harass his ex.

Legally, the ipads were his ex as you can't legally own something before 16 or 18 I think.
Of vourse you can legally own things before your 16.
All the records my son bought with his money are owned by him, not me, same with the clothes he bought with his birthday money.

As for mum she has PR, so although the children have the ipad she can enforce rules and appropriate boundaries.
I'm sure it's s3 of the Children's Act that covers this.

I don't think it does but come on who would you rather arrest, a nice middle class lady who isn't gonna put up a fight or actual criminals who are quite rough and dangerous?
Under staffed and underpaid, they're bound to go for an easy life avoiding stress and injuries if they can 🤷🏻‍♀️

So really headline should be:

"Man seeks to further control his ex by manipulating the police into arresting her becuase she actively parented their children."

I mean, i actually have some sympathy for NRPs who give their children devices as a way to stay in contact and the RP (or vice versa for that matter) refuse to allow them to use them, but come on, this sounds ridiculous.

She doesn’t need to tell anyone her ex is a dickhead.

Legally, the ipads were his ex as you can't legally own something before 16 or 18 I think.

He bought them so there are legally his. I expect a lot of animosity between the parents acting like children trying to cause trouble to the other because they deserve it without thinking of the consequences of their behaviour on their kids.

I completely agree with you @CheeringOnTheSmartyPants

For me it’s clearly a case of abuse through authorities - happens all the time.
a deliberately vexatious complaint designed to cause trouble, possibly even timed for Mother’s Day.

My bigger concern is the police reaction, it’s not simply “over-zealous” it is, like the complaint, deliberate. You don’t get held for hours for a possible iPad theft when it’s clearly domestic and their are kids involved, or send police cars to schools because you think mum stole an iPad? Nor do you get bail conditions stopping you seeing your children for something like this (non abusive/non violent, not kid related)

officer involved should be fired, they are either dangerously incompetent or complicit in abuse - either one is sackable.

I’d be very keen to examine any relationships between the officer/s and the complaining man.

This is a really shocking story.

Could she get her ex done for malicious harassment?

@BlondiePortz , No. Mum wasn't wrong, ipads were the children's, she had a right to confiscate. No criminal act committed.
Ex may or may not be a dickhead.

He should be done for wasting police time.