Custodial sentence or not??

[Amelia1209]

Hi all, last month my ex was arrested for stalking & harassment, burglary, criminal damage, hate crime and another charge of making threats to harm people with intent on causing fear. The police put a DVPO on him and he's currently on bail until October. He was abusing me for 6 plus years underhandedly and this behaviour started when I ended it with him and started living my life. Prior to that, he would smash windows regularly and damage doors at my old property and at times get physical, but mostly emotional, financial and verbal. I'm glad to be free of him and there's some part of me that really wants justice and for him to be put to prison and trapped in a cell. The same sort of thing he did to me for all of those years. He also has previous too for kicking a 62 year old man in the head! He took a bargain plea for that and got charged with affray and got community service.

Hiya its really hard to say u just never know where its gona go!

With previous he stands a chance of going to prison, especially if it was a violent crime. Have u done a victim impact statement?

My ex hasn't been charged yet as they're still gathering evidence but my OIC said that if he is found guilty (been done for section 18 with intent) then he will more than likely go to prison (he has previous but no jailtime)

Hope ur okay x

It depends on the detailed circumstances of the case and also his previous convictions. Judges are reluctant to send criminals to jail although DV is an aggravating factor so there is definitely a good possibility with that set of charges. Also depends in whether he pleads guilty at first opportunity

It very much depends on the facts of the case, if he pleads guilty, and if not, if he gets found guilty of some or all offences.

If he is sent to prison, it might not be the horror you'd like him to experience. For someone with such aggressive tendencies, he might actually enjoy being around other people like himself.

There's a few charges he won't get away with the Police have said, they also said there's many charges on him overall. The stalking and harassing would of been proven as the Police would of seen the messages telling me he was outside my home at 3am and going to smash and kick the door in, I can't explain how frightening that is at that time of night, it makes you very anxious. I'm aware he pleaded not guilty to burglary and taking the laptop. But hopefully the CPS would of made a decision by his bail date. He's also been informed no contact with the children unless he goes down the family court route. I'm not sure how it's going to go and it's abit nerve wracking tbh. And he's good enough to get away with it all. He got away with a lesser charge of affray when it was ABH that the Police wanted, when he was drunk and attacked a 62 year old man!! I'm honestly not sure which way it will go. I'm just glad I've reported it all. It's a huge weight lifted off my shoulders, and I'm free.