(Police officers comments urged) Did people find reporting a bully ex to the police made them back off

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Ex refusing to give me my phone back (brand new iPhone 15 pro max that I'm paying £75 a month for) I have given to tomorrow to give it back and if not I'll be reporting to the police. What will happen when I tell the police my ex won't give my phone back? And if he says he doesn't know where it is etc? any police officers welcome to comment.

Just had very similar with my DPs ex. Police officer had a stern word and phone was returned same day. Ultimately it’s theft. Our complaint was also about harassment though.

Mine too! He's texting my dad the man is 44 years of age texting my dad when things go wrong? We share a son but he is harassing me and my family when things don't go his way.

Have you got find my phone on it? You can prove he has it then.

Then you need to report this too. It’s not acceptable. Even if the law technically hasn’t been broken to the point of prosecution it still isn’t acceptable and the police should tell him
that. If nothing else then you’ll show you have done everything you can before applying for a non molestation order, if you need to. Good luck, I know how shit it is trying to live a normal life with a lunatic ex.

My ex was harassing me 3 years after we split out of the blue, he must have got a new number and so of course that one wasn't blocked and he started dropped calls, silent VMs, weird messages. After we'd split he'd done the same, I knew it was him this time because he had a pic of himself as his profile pic, so he couldn't really deny it.
He then escalated to driving through my village when I'm pretty sure he had no reason to, and applying for every job going where I worked. I'd told him to leave me alone, twice, and they were the only responses I gave, ignored everything else.

I had evidence of most of it and I emailed the Suzy Lamplugh trust and they gave me the steps I needed to take.
I reported online to the police, had a call within an hour and a police officer visited the next day. The police officer who visited took it seriously, he said that I would need to apply for a non molestation order, however they'd 'have a word' and 'advise' him to stop.
I haven't applied for the non mol order because it stopped immediately, I reckon the same day they spoke to him because it just dropped off to nothing. Nothing since.
I have been told though that if he starts again that the previous report would be supportive in getting a non molestation order.

You need to report the theft of the phone, and also the harrasment, to start building a picture of what he's doing.
I'm sorry this is happening to you, it's horrible.