What do you do if you know an acquaintance is almost definitely a victim of DV?

[DontBiteTheBoobThatFeedsYou]

Say for example you went to a pub regularly (it's not a pub but for this instance it is) and you witnessed the female chef screaming at one of the barmaids one morning outside the pub and her hands round the bar maids throat accusing the barmaid of fucking other people.
Say you reported it to the manager, the manager sacked the chef but you go to the pub a few times since and the barmaid has massive bruises on her face.
(You tell the manager again and they say they haven't asked her where she got the bruises but they agree that it's probably from the same person)...

Hypothetically speaking (🙄) is there anything you can do?

You don't know the barmaid surname or where she lives but you do know she has a child because she happened to mention it a year ago.

I really don't envy you.
What you did was brilliant. Especially with the level of sleuthing you did.

But this is at a different level now.

Do Ring social service child and families...you can do this anonymously. You can tell them you have an unusual name and are frightened...

Say what you've said here.... Woman with bruises all over her face.. You know she has a child... Police investigated and doesn't want to press charges...

What you don't know... Is if the police weren't told /were lied to over existence of child....

^^This is what you need to convey to social services... (I used to do this )

Usually they are very good at investigating on very little info...

(it should be that the police inform ssd... But often intell goes missing /etc etc)

Then you've done your bit. Social services have legal duty to investigate...
Then they are taking the responsibility of this