my husband was beaten up - can we get compo?

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well shit kicked out of him last night - and my home windows put through. anyway his face an hand and back are pretty fucked up are we entitled to compensation and how do we go about this? any websites or numbers you can give.

sorry to be blunt. but if we can get money from them it would be very nice thank you.

Sorry to hear this custy. I hope you're OK. You must be pretty shat up I would think.
What a terrible experience to have this happen when you're in on your own. Little shitebags!

I hope your dh is OK too.

Good luck, whatever you decide.

All the best. x

Jeez, just wanted to add my good wishes. Take care of each other.

it all happened becuase every fri and sat night for past few weeks at around 11.30 onward someone has banged on the window frighteing the holy shit out of kids and me.

first friday was a shock - frightened aghain on the first saturday - figured they got kicks becuae they heard me screaming on the fri - then nothing happened until the next weekend. this fri dh went to chase them but they were too fast. then yesterday he was taking his coat off near the door - after coiming back from pub when they did it - and .......well he cought up to them there was an argument. then they just all layed into him some with sticks.

then he went to hospital and i had the windows put through and someone calling me a paki bitch..."go home". was dead scaredid i was!

i didn't report "banging on window" to police - so fucking trivial - or so i thought.

am worried for my son more than anything. the lads that did this were between 16 - 20 my son almost certanily knows them.

either hes going to get a kicking or hes going to get in trouble ripping somone a new arsehole.

Custardo, this is really shocking!

I hope you aren't all too affected in the long run - but imagine you are all still very shaken by it all!

If you were an upper class white family living in Knightsbridge, I am sure the police would have been available to take a statement! It really stinks that the police are not interested!

Hope you get it sorted out though

pst - i spent that voucher yesterday - have 2 new t - shirts yay!

You hung onto that for a long time!!!!

Bloody hell custy, this is terrible.

How is he today?Did anyone take a record of this because you really need that to proceed legally.The police are useless at times.

hope your'e o.k
can't believe how many beatings i have heard about this last 3 days!
My brother got beaten up in a club on friday night ( i posted about it)
He was apparently sat on a chair minding his own business when a guy came and layed into him.
He doesn't know who this guy is and he can't remember what he looked like ( although my dh can)I imagine there must have been a grudge of some sort, but still!
Bil set off to the pub yesterday and a lad he had argued with a few weeks ago jumped out from around the corner and smacked him in the face, knocking him off his feet. Hospital has said he may have a detached retina.
bil'S friend also had a fag put out on his face on friday night and dh's friend got smacked on the head with an ashtray for supporting the wrong footy team, in a neighbouring town, also friday night.
what is this world coming to?
I hope your dh is o.k

and for you and dh, Custy.

have a locksmith here as i type. the police have not been in toucvh so i phoned the anti social behaviour co-ordinator - who was loverly and will pjone me back tomorrow - the Housing association are being shit hot fixing things and measuring up - hope this continues. the asb co-ordinator is going to find out why noone has taken a statement of dh yet. this is what i am most concerned about at the mo.

2 neighbours came round - they have teenagers who were involved or looking on and they know everyone and all the teenagers - i invited them inf or a brew - they said they would be happy to talk to the police - they were horrified that mi winders had been put through.

i found out the window banging was started by my sons best mate. hes a bit rough. still my son may well have something to say about it when i tell him. i thank god that he was at his girlfriends house.

the neighbours told dh and i that it was 6 lads who came in 2 groups of 3 attacking dh - dh put 3 in casualty ( good).
dh looks like shit - he has one big massive unusually huge ginormous ear!

and thank you thank you thank you for all being so wonderfully kind a nd supportive ( as per) makes a difference y; know so ta v. muchio

I know I shouldn't probably say this but .... well done your dh for hospitalising three of those little shites.
I hope his ear's going down. Ouch!
I can't believe they still haven't been to take a statement. What's that about?

And there I was going on about how Goring might be a bit quiet and sleepy to live in.
Shows my bnreadth of knowlege about my home county.

it is usually nice - i promise. it is.

thanks spidey

God babe, just caught up with this....sssooo sooorry.

Bloody hell custy, how did I miss this?

How are you/dh doing now? Any progress?

What a crappy month you have had

Custy, the youths will have alleged your dh assaulted them first (happens a lot, its a way of trying it on)- he needs to make a statement explaining the fight, but also what led up to it. If you have had racist insults then it may be that the police should consider whether or not there is a racial element to the harassment of you (knocking on windows etc). This aggravates any offence if it gets to court. Your neighbours will need to make statements if your dh is going to have his version supported, in which case the police should proceed against the youths involved. The asbo coordinator should be given as much detail as possible, try and remember how many times you have been disturbed by the banging, how many youths involved, and so on. If there is anything you want to ask, do! One question, if there were 6 youths and one dh, how did he manage to put 3 into casualty?

Custardo

I must emphasise I am not legally qualified in anyway but did the admin. for personal injury cases before I had children . Avoid the 'no win no fee' companies like the plague and instead go via the CICA. You will need photos of injuries, record any loss of earnings as a result of dh's injuries, any expenses involved in medical treatment (eg, taxi fares to hospital, cost of prescriptions) etc - will try to remember waht else. I would advise your dh to write down now what happened in detail while he has it fresh in his mind.

Good God Custy. Glad you are OK-ish and dh is recovering.

FWIW when dh and his best mate got thumped by a gang of lads, best mate got compensation but dh didn't because the lad identified as the chief attacker on dh was a minor. This was a while ago, though, not sure it is still a factor. But get the cops to tell you how old they were... dh could always pick out the oldest as the one who hit him hardest.

With dh, the police told him to identify 'x', and his mate 'y' - neither of them actually had a clue which of the six-strong gang had done the damage. Dh and his mate were on the floor and the gang were using their boots so dh didn't get a good enough view to say definitely who did what.

thanks. dont know if the lad who is making the assault claim is a minor - is that under 18?

police won't be getting back to dh for a couple of weeks due to shift patterns and as he is the alleged perp then they have to investigate the allegations of the lad first.

this is by virtue of them getting a statement first.

my dh wont get a statement took until they get round to investigating him.

my nan ( wise old bird rarely wrong) told me to let it lie once they find out my dh is innocent.

i want to prosecute them. dh wants to let it lie for fear of reprisals. i think it would have happened last weekend if it was going to

and with dh losing his contract in a few weeks any compo would come in right handy.

thing is - bizarrely he only knows who the lad is becuase he is alleging assault. my dh is blind as a bat you see without his glasses and his glasses were knocked off.

to answer callmemadams question. he got 3 becuase hes big n tough :)

i took his stitches out on sunday as he didnt want to wait for an appointment and messin about. so that was a memory to treasure!

the police took photos of my dh.

got a new window yesterday. getting a new door in a couple of weeks.

my 16 yo has got an absess now - if its not one thing its another. i just want to find a dark room and wish the world away for a short time as melodramatic as it sounds!

I haven't read all the posts so apologies if I'm repeating what someone else has already said.

Firstly, so sorry to hear what you have been through and hope your DH is ok.

Secondly, re the damage to your property, your insurance should pay out on that as it was criminal damage. Re compensation though this isn't really as easy as some of the companies on the TV appear to make out...

If you want to claim compensation for your DH's injuries then you will have to go to court and produce evidence, photographs of injuries, proof of loss of earnings etc. However, even if compensation is awarded, there is no sure way of ensuring you actually receive the money. If the lads in question don't have the money, any claim for compensation is worthless, you will win on paper but they can't make the lads pay out money they don't have. Imo if you can press charges for criminal damage then I would do that, but with regards to compensation I would just let it go.