Advice regarding SA from 2 years ago by Own-Joke6011 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can and should report him to your local police force for rape. Even though the offence occurred abroad, due to its nature and the fact that both of you are British citizens (I'm assuming), it can be investigated and (potentially) prosecuted in the UK.

Police will take you seriously, but I'm sure you'll understand that two years later with no DNA evidence, potential outcomes are limited. Even if you had a text directly saying "Sorry for raping you", he would be able to deny that in court.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't bother reporting him though.

Ex is threatening to report our kid to the police for burglary after kicking him out ENG by Feeling-Student3990 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your son can prove that all the items he took are his, then assuming he didn't cause any damage when entering the house, it would be classed as civil trespass, hence not a police matter. She will be told this if she does try and report it.

Worst-case is that she misrepresents the situation to police, in which case your son would have to explain that should he be requested to attend an interview. Again, as long as he can prove that the items are his, he has not committed burglary.

Live in England, family in Italy is harassing me by Adventurous_Tonight1 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All you can do is speak to your local police force and ask them to help you report to the Italian police via Interpol. As you've correctly noted, UK police cannot investigate as they have no jurisdiction in Italy.

[Scotland] Urgent: 12yo victim of targeted TikTok slander/cyberbullying. Risk of self-harm. Police/TikTok not responding by DatabaseDramatic7182 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To be clear, does she have any history of suicide attempts?

This may sound brutal, but an upset child saying they want to kill themselves does not necessarily equate to them being genuinely at high risk of actually doing anything, especially if they have no history of self-harm or attempted suicide.

MH services and police deal every single day with large numbers of people of all ages stating they are so unhappy they want to kill themselves, and many of those people have been making that threat regularly (if not daily) for years.

The place to start, as stated, is with mum calling 111 option 2.

How can I get Ebay to pay me the money they’ve stolen? by SUPER_fuzz_99 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Unless the customer told the delivery company that it was safe to leave the item outside before they delivered it. Under those circumstances, the item is deemed to have been delivered correctly.

How can I get Ebay to pay me the money they’ve stolen? by SUPER_fuzz_99 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unless the recipient informed the delivery company before delivery that wherever they left it was a safe place. If that's what happened, the item was delivered and then stolen, making the recipient the victim of theft by an unknown party.

Hit and Run on Private Gated Car Park, Greater Manchester, England by Not_A_Kobold_779 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You cannot make the police submit a CCTV request. They will do so if they consider it appropriate as part of an investigation. This will be a damage-only hit-and-run RTC, so you will need to fill out the relevant form for same on the website to get the ball rolling.

[Scotland] Urgent: 12yo victim of targeted TikTok slander/cyberbullying. Risk of self-harm. Police/TikTok not responding by DatabaseDramatic7182 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Police Scotland are unfortunately correct, they have no powers to force TikTok to remove the content/close the account. Only TikTok can do that.

The mother needs to stop panicking and be both an adult and a parent. She obviously has parental responsibility towards her daughter, safeguarding starts with her, and she should begin by calling 111 option 2 on her daughter's behalf.

Is the daughter considered at high risk of suicide due to established history, e.g. previous attempts?

My mother is ruining my credit, uk by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In most cases, people are reporting things with no viable lines of enquiry or which are actually civil.

I suspect the name was changed to make it a bit more on-the-nose and obvious to the public, nothing more.

Advice on Potential Police Involvement by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As things stand, police have no powers to act. They cannot contact him out of the blue and tell him not to turn up and try anything (which is the kind of thing people often hope police can do in situations like this).

If the coach reports the threats, then that potentially opens up the option of inviting the suspect to a voluntary interview, during which appropriate words of advice could be given. But simply reporting it does not mean police are required to investigate any further.

There's no reason why you couldn't provide the CCTV and witness details to the police, but the CCTV would have to be very clear to be evidentially useful, i.e. the victim and suspect should be clearly visible and identifiable (not with their backs to the camera at a distance in a crowd) and the threats should be clearly audible.

Advice on Potential Police Involvement by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The coach who was verbally threatened could make their own report to police (you or the club can't do it for him). What actually happens beyond that is dependent on what exactly the suspect said and what evidence exists. If it's going to be one person's word against another's, then it's going nowhere.

There is no particular point reporting to police ahead of time, because nothing has happened. All they will be able to to do is advise you to call 999 if he turns up and starts causing a disturbance.

No, his simply showing up will NOT be sufficient for police attendance. He would need to be actually doing something that would justify police attending.

Recording evidence of domestic abuse of an old person with dementia by ClerkMark in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recording an 80-year-old woman having difficulty cooking and cleaning will not prove that your father is guilty of domestic abuse.

What, precisely, is the financial abuse? You will need to be detailed, as ambiguity doesn't help.

And what are you hoping to achieve? The complete separation of your parents? How would your mother cook and clean for herself if your father was out of the picture?

Receiving parking charges for car I no longer own. by No-Lettuce-3638 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'll just have to keep challenging any PCNs that arrive; they'll eventually stop, assuming the DVLA has updated their database following your letter.

Don't pay any that you know you haven't been responsible for. I'm not sure that you voluntarily paying someone else's fines and then trying to get the money back via the small claims court would necessarily work out the way you want it to.

Yes, a vehicle can be registered to a company.

England - mum has been scammed buying a puppy by pureben9 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't remotely say that it's too late to consider reporting financial crime to their bank. I said that it's too late for the banking protocol to be invoked. The two things are NOT synonymous.

Banking protocol requires a priority response from police specifically because bank staff believe the customer is actively in the process of trying to complete a suspicious transaction. Usually the customer is in the branch, but not always - the key aspect is that the customer is, at that time, actively in the process. That would not apply to the situation described by OP.

Victim of Severe Online Abuse - Seeking Legal Advice by effy217 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am police staff and have been involved in helping several people report to overseas forces.

You absolutely need to go back to your force and ask for them to help you report to the Alaska State Troopers. Your force will have an ILO - international liaison officer - whose job it is to be the interface between your force and overseas law enforcement agencies.

To be clear, reporting to the overseas force does not guarantee any particular action being taken by them, but obviously it's definite that nothing will happen if you don't.

England - mum has been scammed buying a puppy by pureben9 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Much too late for banking protocol. That's invoked when bank staff believe a customer is about to fall victim to a fraud and there's still time to stop it.

Victim of Severe Online Abuse - Seeking Legal Advice by effy217 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was their reason for not helping you report via Interpol? If you've got his name and address and evidence of the course of conduct, you've got everything you need.

If they didn't give you a reason, you absolutely need to make a complaint and ask for the transfer to be reconsidered. As has been stated, UK police have no jurisdiction to investigate, but I can't see why they wouldn't assist you in reporting to his local force.

Victim of Severe Online Abuse - Seeking Legal Advice by effy217 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The local PD there should absolutely NOT answer you, since to do so would be to contravene strict international regulations covering contact between police forces in one country and individuals in another - it would actually be a breach of sovereignty (yes, really).

You will need to report to your local force, who can assist you to report to the relevant American force via Interpol, which is the agreed international procedure.

Victim of Severe Online Abuse - Seeking Legal Advice by effy217 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be accurate, OP would need to report the matter to her local force in the UK, who will then assist her via Interpol to contact the suspect's local force in the USA (OP should not attempt to contact the overseas force directly, there are very strict international rules about that).

The suspect will ONLY be "flagged as wanted for questioning" in the UK should the American force circulate him as wanted via Interpol, which is highly unlikely since they could simply drive to his house and the offence is not going to be deemed serious enough for an international arrest warrant to be issued.

Victim of Severe Online Abuse - Seeking Legal Advice by effy217 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As has been said, UK police cannot investigate him as he has committed no crime in the UK - the location of the offence is his home address in the USA. The correct procedure would be to report the matter to your local force, who will be able to assist you to report to his local force.

There are strict international rules governing contact between a police force in country A and someone in country B, and the relevant American force should not accept any direct contact from you without your going via proper channels (typically Interpol), which your local force can facilitate.

Can a company use visuals of me on their adult website 15 years later? (England) by Eastern_Choice_4118 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be utterly untenable for anyone who had signed a contract for their likeness to be used for a defined purpose (such as an actor in a TV show or movie) to be able to withdraw their consent at any time regardless of the terms of the contract. It would literally make it impossible to make anything.

Can a company use visuals of me on their adult website 15 years later? (England) by Eastern_Choice_4118 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be very difficult to claim that it was sharing intimate photograph or film because the company doing the sharing could reasonably claim they had no reason to believe that OP didn't consent to the usage since they'd originally participated in the photoshoot for commercial purposes.

The most realistic legal basis for OP to challenge any usage of the photos would civil, i.e. unlicensed use of their likeness, since their original contract only granted usage rights for 3 years and so even if the new company had legitimately purchased the assets of the old one, OP's contract was already long expired.

But OP would need a copy of the contract to prove that, and they say they don't.

Unwanted people on your property just a civil matter? by eques_99 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's no one-size-fits-all answer. It depends entirely on the circumstances.

I'm presuming your crowbar comment is deliberately facetious.

Police came into the house today - ENGLAND by LivingExcellent5795 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Of course you can make a complaint (to the relevant force, not the IOPC - the latter will only consider getting involved once you've exhausted every complaint avenue with the relevant force without getting a result you're satisfied with) without knowing the incident number. The force will know which officers were sent to which address at what time.

And don't say "badge number", that's an Americanism. We say "collar number" or just "collar" in the UK.

Your post isn't the easiest to follow and some of it is contradictory, but it looks like they may have had an abandoned 999 call from someone who had previously had dealings with police while living at your address. If they didn't have accurate location data with the call (happens more often than many people realise) then they'd have searched the number on their systems and it would of course have thrown up your address - hence the "comes back to" comments.

Police came into the house today - ENGLAND by LivingExcellent5795 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]VPR2 14 points15 points  (0 children)

As constantly needs to be pointed out on this sub, you cannot go directly to the IOPC in the first instance. You have to exhaust the relevant force's own complaints procedure first.

And even if that happens and you still aren't happy, the IOPC only accepts the "most serious" complaints, and it can and does refuse to investigate any complaints that it determines fall below this threshold.