When is a behaviour classed as genuine harassment? And can/will the police do anything about it?
My DP’s ex is really pushing the boat out lately when it comes to nuisance phonecalls/messages.
For background - they’ve been split up for 10 years and have a teenage DS. The ex has had numerous mental health issues over the years, which DP helped her manage ie ensuring she was taking medications, organising a couple of stays in voluntary inpatient facilities etc. She also drinks. And it’s usually when she’s been drinking that the phonecalls start.
DP has blocked her on all social media, and blocked her phone number, but she manages to call his phone on withheld numbers (multiple SIM cards maybe?). The phonecalls usually come very late at night/early hours of the morning, and are incessant. The other night, she called his phone 14 times in the space of 2 hours. He didn’t answer, but rang his DS’s phone just to make sure there wasn’t a serious reason why his mum was calling DP’s phone repeatedly. On rare occasions, DP has answered and just said “What do you want?” and has been met with screaming abuse. Calling him every name under the sun, completely out of the blue. I’ve been in the room and heard this myself.
She’s recently started attempting to contact me via social media. Repeated friend/follower requests, message request etc, all of which I’ve ignored.
DP has been in contact with the police and was told they’ll be calling him back this week to discuss. What can/will they do? Is she actually committing an offence? Or is it one of those wishy washy things where nothing can really be done?