Claire’s Law on my father?

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Hi girlies.

Sorry for the odd question - can I put a Claire’s law in on my dad?

Long story short, he’s an aggressive, manipulative pedophile. The police have put a Sarah’s law in place (he wasn’t prosecuted), but considering I have a young child and he is regularly around a young child, I really feel the need to make sure all bases are covered and there is a Claire’s law in place (he’s thrown his fist at me many a time).

Can I do this? I also thought it was just ex partners.

Thanks so much for any advice or answers, I really appreciate it!!

have a lovely Sunday xx

Clare's law gives you the ability to have a search done on a person, you already know the information?

If you already know the info what's the point?

Just cut him off.

I don’t know, I’ve never had the need to use it myself but it sounds like you already know everything you need to to make sure he’s never around your dc and I’d keep yourself away from him too.
What do you think you’ll find out that you don’t already know?
As I said, I don’t know whether you can or not but wondering what it is you’re looking, you already know enough to change your actions.

A Clare's law request is to find out if there are any concerning issues in someones past, you know there is. Surely if he is a paedophile, the thing to do is stay away and keep your child far away? What did you want to put this request in for?

Sorry guys, I meant put an application* through. I’m so sorry for missing that part! I want to put an application through to have that against his name

Have you ever reported him to the police for what he did? Has anyone else?

What do you mean put an application through? A Clares law request is to ask for possible convictions of a person, to check their history, but you know this. So what is it you are trying to achieve?

I don’t know if I’m not using the right words, but I want to make sure there is something there so that when someone else does a Claire’s law, there is information that I have given to the police. Does that make sense?

An application under Clare's law is to get information, not to give.

I think she is trying to say she wants to warn others that he is a pedophile. You need to report him him if he abused you. Or ask others he had abused to report it. I'm so sorry this happened to you.

Are you trying to ensure that if anyone else puts in a Claire's Law request that they get given information?

If he's been convicted on the relevant crimes, presumably this would show up.

Cross posted

I think you're misunderstanding the purpose and scope of a Clare's Law request...

Why is he around a young child if he’s a paedophile? I get he wasn’t prosecuted but whose child is he around? Yours? A different child? Do the parents not know?

The parents are aware, but they choose to ignore because he wasn’t prosecuted and therefore “not guilty” 🙃

I don't think you need to DO anything for there to be a Claire's law. If someone makes an application for information, the police will share any appropriate information they already have.

Firstly I sincerely hope he is far far away from your child:

Secondly if he is around another child I would be informing the police and contacting the mother and father of said child to tell them he is a paedophile.

I would speak to the police to see if there is any scope for Claire's law to be against his name. If he hadn't been convicted with a crime it might not be possible with just allegations.

If he has been convicted, you can reach out to the police if you have concerns about him being near another child.

Unfortunately I have learned from experience that even with convictions and evidence, if people dont want to hear someone is bad, they will ignore it. All you can do is protect your own child.

I really appreciate all your concerns with regard to what he’s done in his past time - rest assured my child is safe and far away for him. My concern is his aggressive side and making sure he can’t do that to anyone else. How do I make a mark on this for someone else?

You can't, unless you report him to the police

You would have to report him to the police. I think he would need to be charged for that info to be on record, or at least logged

You would need to report him and press charges

This isn't how it works.

If in the future someone makes an application about him, the police will disclose any information they feel is relevant. This will include convictions, but can also include patterns of behavior and/intelligence where there hasn't been a conviction.

You say that the police have already been involved - presumably about complaints you have made. It would then be up to the police to decide if that info is relevant to someone else making an application about him.

If the police are certain he's guilty but didn't have enough evidence for a prosecution, they may consider it relevant. If it didn't move forward because there was zero evidence/they didn't believe you, they might not. If they have the same info from multiple ex-partners, they likely would, etc etc.

Make a police report, or report via NSPCC or the child’s school if you know it. The point of both Clare and Sarah’s Law disclosures is to GET information disclosed to you that you don’t already know. The application itself does not go on their record in any way as it’s completely confidential.

The best thing you can do, and I say this from experience with 2 paedophiles in my family, is to be the squeaky wheel. Speak up. Drop it into conversation with friends and wider family. Make sure the information spreads. You will still be the black sheep (if you’re like me, you don’t care!), but these creeps thrive in the shadows and it’s very empowering to shine the light on them.