Long history of domestic abuse with ex, separated, fled into refuge, domestic abuse carried on via child contact, DD was then left with suspicious injuries so I stopped contact and sought legal advice, court case starting at the moment regarding child contact - no face to face contact at the moment on the advice from CAFCASS who do not feel it is safe.
I still keep him updated indirectly (photos, emails, etc) however every time the focus shifts onto child contact rather than DD (his doing not mine).
Fast forward to last night I messaged about some work DD had done at school she had done really well. All he said was well done and then started going on a rant about me and child contact and being abusive - examples include calling me a low life disgusting person who he can’t stand, a spiteful fucking shit, heartless piece of shit, I have a very special place in hell, I deserve all the abuse he has done to me, it makes him physically sick talking to me etc and a load of other crap that went on for over an hour even when I repeatedly asked him to stop abusing me. He also tried to lie about what the cafcass officer told him (he said they told him different to no contact even though they very clearly told me they had told him they don’t support contact) I don’t believe him and I think he is using it as a manipulation tactic to get contact with DD and have me drop the court case.
Should I report him to the police for the malicious texts he sent me and being verbally abusive or is it not worth the hassle/a waste of time? (I have screenshots of the messages on my phone so he can’t deny them) even if they just give him a slap on the wrist as a deterrent to not keep doing it or face the consequences?
I will be ringing CAFCASS tomorrow and clarifying with them so they can see he is a liar too, but wasn’t sure about the police…