I can't fucking believe this! Justice in this country is an absolute fucking joke! *Warning triggers*

[BacardiNCoke]

5 years ago, when she was 15 my DSD was raped. The guy had previous and was sent down for 13 years. He's getting out on Friday! We thought he was going to be banned from the city but apparently not only the city centre, fat lot of fucking good that will do! But the icing on the cake is he's moving into the street around the corner from our house! You can see the fucking houses from our living room FFS!

DSD has just rang me from work she's in pieces! I mean the likelihood is she's going to bump into him at some point. And that's only if she's lucky. She's had threats from his family over the past 5 years, at one point they turned up at the shop she worked in and she ended up having to get transferred.

I'm worried sick. Worried for DSD, what if they target her again. (It wasn't a random attack). Worried for mine and my smaller dds safety. Worried DH will do something fucking stupid. Her contact from the police did say that they could have us moved. But what does that entail exactly? We live in a HA house atm it means we have a secure tenancy for life, something that we want to cling on to. Also both me and DH are on the dole since he was made redundant last summer so that doesn't give us a lot of options rent wise. Are my dd's going to have to change schools? Massive meltdowns will entail once that one from dd1 who has ASD.

Am in a state of complete panic right now.

This is just so awful, my heart goes out to you all. How on earth do child abusers serve so little time in prison?

Oh, poor lass.

I am absolutely sure it must mean the world to her to have someone like you in her corner, supporting her and ready to look after her.

I'm so sorry. Its not fucking fair. I hope you manage to move somewhere else soon.

I don't know what is strongest - my sadness for your family or my anger for the bastard rapist.
There is a solution to this, it requires a blunt knife, but unfortunately I don't think it's legal.

Oh, I'm sorry. Just sending you a squeeze.

How awful, glad your daughter has a wonderful Mum like you supporting her every step of the way. She is very lucky in that respect. and love for both you and your daughter.
And sally, yes, a blunt knife, with vodka(not for him to drink), and plenty of salt rubbed in afterwards, the bastard.
I'm not normally that cruel, but on this occasion....
Hope you get all the help you need

Bacardi- did you speak to probation? His licence can and will be amended to include an exclusion zone around your house, where dsd goes to school/works whatever. Their job is to provide victims with this protection as many earlier posters have said. They should have contacted you after he was sentenced to offer you input into where he will live and licence conditions on release, then kept in touch. Did they? If not you've good grounds for complaint. Please contact them.

This is so dreadful,I am so very sorry for your dsd and you all. How can this be allowed? It beggars belief. How is your dsd being provided with protection in this scenario? Sending you all huge hugs at such a difficult time for your family.

Everythingsgoingtitsup yes DH did. He is banned from the city centre because that's where she works, but won't be banned from our area because technically he won't be living here. Even though his family live in the next street, so he will be around a lot. We've decided to just clear our arrears and move and soon as possible. They're not arsed about whether she bumps into him or not, obviously he as the perpetrator has more rights than her as the victim.

She's also just found out she's pregnant. Which hasn't gone well with her boyfriend. Grrrr I could ring his bloody neck right now. And she doesn't want DH to know so my head is all over the bloody place atm, trying to be supportive in secret. The poor kids have been neglected over the past week.

Please speak to probation again. I am a probation officer. I would request a licence condition for him to be excluded from your home area, even if dsd doesn't live there, to allow her to visit her family. It's not too late to get this condition added.

It does seem very odd that there is an exclusion area around her place of work but not her home.

I do still think someone has made an error.

If you are happy to move and there would be no negative issues like loss of tenancy for life then I would go for a move.

If neither of you are working then you are actually if a good position as you aren't tied by location - especially if you get some extra assistance due to the circumstances.

Look for a lovely town or village where there are jobs available too - you could have a chance here to make it a positive thing.

Yanbu btw - he should not be out - his families actions show there is no remourse and he is still a danger - I don't see how they could make such a decision!

As with Custy, I have a bit of knowledge about these circs are there one or two gaps and inconsistencies in what's being reported, at least. The rights of the victim in these offences and sentence are fairly well-asserted by police and probation, and your DSD would have been a priority in designing the release plan for this rapist. She would have been v heavily consulted about plans and certainly the proposed release date. This 'surprise' is probably the thing that makes me most .

There will be an appointed experienced probation officer at the local office (Assuming this bloke as a 'local' at the time) who will be able to give you much better information.

As everything says, licence conditions can be altered post-release so suit whatever changing circumstances there are.

Pan 2 weeks ago she was told he would coming out in a month and she would be told where he is. Then last Monday she got a phone call from her contact in the police (not probation, this lady was the CID officer on the case and they've kept in touch) saying that he was being released on Friday just gone. She wasn't consulted on anything. After what you've said I'll inquire some more tomorrow as it doesn't sound right. We don't even know where he is living!

Pan, I can imagine there being difficulties if for instance DSD was claiming HB at some other address with her BF and an exclusion had been placed around that address.

But Bacardi has clearly indicated an absence of any such situation.

Which is why I am curious as to what precisely is happening here.

Bacardi - as a victim of this crime she will/should have had the opportunity to be consulted at significant stages of his sentence. Maybe she chose to not pursue this post -sentence? As a 'minor' at the time it would have fell to her parent/guardian to lead on this. Lots and lots of victims don't take up the offer as they understandably don't want anything more to do with the whole thing.

yes, phone the local probation office on Monday.
DSD doesn't have a 'right' to know where he lives BUT she does have a right to be consulted and informed about 'no contact' (which will be there anyway) and exclusion zones on the licence.

good luck, and post again if you aren't satisfied with the probation enquiry?

cumfy, yes there's bit in the details that just don't add up.