Abusive phone call
Discussion
Ok well if you were polite and first and just got abuse then fair enough to escalate it to the police...
TBH if I was stressed out and acted like that then later on I would call back to apologise (not that I have ever acted in such a way during a phone call!) as plainly I would be in the wrong.
Had you started of aggressive then I'd have said he would have been entitled to argue back.
TBH if I was stressed out and acted like that then later on I would call back to apologise (not that I have ever acted in such a way during a phone call!) as plainly I would be in the wrong.
Had you started of aggressive then I'd have said he would have been entitled to argue back.
Aggressive Moi 
Well a constable came round and listened to the message and said that he would like to do something about it as the guy sounded 'a bit of a sort'. In fact you could hear young kids in the background whilst he was telling my daughter what he was going to effing do to her. Nice!
I asked that it was reported but unfortunately it was either a case of leaving it be or arresting the fella, but get this, the young PC warned me that if he were to be arrested he could complain that my daughter was harassing him, even though she said nothing, and she would be arrested until it was all sorted out.
Obviously I went with the 'lets draw a line under this' option.
As I said earlier I only called the 101 number for advice.
Well a constable came round and listened to the message and said that he would like to do something about it as the guy sounded 'a bit of a sort'. In fact you could hear young kids in the background whilst he was telling my daughter what he was going to effing do to her. Nice!
I asked that it was reported but unfortunately it was either a case of leaving it be or arresting the fella, but get this, the young PC warned me that if he were to be arrested he could complain that my daughter was harassing him, even though she said nothing, and she would be arrested until it was all sorted out.
Obviously I went with the 'lets draw a line under this' option.
As I said earlier I only called the 101 number for advice.
streaky said:
DoubleSix said:
[I] have an adorable niece whom I spend a good deal of time with.
Its probably a good thing that this remark wasn't made in the Jimmy Saville thread. 
Streaky
PS - full marks for using the object pronoun, but none for ending the sentence with a preposition - S
croyde said:
I asked that it was reported but unfortunately it was either a case of leaving it be or arresting the fella, but get this, the young PC warned me that if he were to be arrested he could complain that my daughter was harassing him, even though she said nothing, and she would be arrested until it was all sorted out.
And some on here think the OP is over-reacting!So are we now to believe that a) two wrong number phone calls amount to harrassment and b) that it is both proportionate and necessary to arrest a 12 year old before any investigation is undertaken. The phone message is incontrovertible evidence. What is the caller going to do: deny that he made it?
What kind of
up country do we now live in?If I were the OP, I would be inclined to by myself the very cheapest PAYG phone, and call the aggressive idiot at all hours of the day and night, and play his own message back to him. Then, when I got bored with that, I would dump said phone in the recycling box at a local charity shop/hospital, and deny all knowledge. If the idiot were then to complain, he would be complaining about effectively harassing himself, and would have to admit to having left the abusive message in the first place. NOT that I would ever ENCOURAGE that sort of behaviour, just pointing out an option.
Croyde, seriously... does your house insurance have legal cover?
A good solicitor will be able to advise if your daughter is really likely to end up in hot water or if that's a load of guff.
(Since I know I'm at one end of the spectrum in this argument, I'd point out that I wouldn't bother paying my hard earned cash for a solicitor ... but if your house insurance has already paid for one it's worth asking them. You've got nothing to lose by asking.)
A good solicitor will be able to advise if your daughter is really likely to end up in hot water or if that's a load of guff.
(Since I know I'm at one end of the spectrum in this argument, I'd point out that I wouldn't bother paying my hard earned cash for a solicitor ... but if your house insurance has already paid for one it's worth asking them. You've got nothing to lose by asking.)
Whilst I appreciate the OP's concern, this would appear to be a slight over reaction and total waste of police time.
Something that was no doubt not lost on the young Pc who turned up, who managed to steer the OP into not making a complaint to save any further time being wasted.
Angry man on phone - Ignore
Continued abusive calls from angry man - Contact police.
Mobile phones have a lot to answer for (No pun intended)
Something that was no doubt not lost on the young Pc who turned up, who managed to steer the OP into not making a complaint to save any further time being wasted.
Angry man on phone - Ignore
Continued abusive calls from angry man - Contact police.
Mobile phones have a lot to answer for (No pun intended)
DoubleSix said:
NiceCupOfTea said:
DoubleSix said:
Great, so now some bloke is gonna get a record because you gave a 12 year old a mobile. 
What's wrong with a 12 year old having a mobile?What a wonderfuly smug person you must be.
Calling a 12 year old, or any female for that matter and telling them you are going to "f
k them up" is not acceptable. I'd happly call the police, hopefully if its a young bloke his agressive ways towards women will be stopped there.98elise said:
So you've never miss-dialed?
What a wonderfuly smug person you must be.
Calling a 12 year old, or any female for that matter and telling them you are going to "fk them up" is not acceptable. I'd happly call the police, hopefully if its a young bloke his agressive ways towards women will be stopped there.
+1. What a wonderfuly smug person you must be.
Calling a 12 year old, or any female for that matter and telling them you are going to "f
k them up" is not acceptable. I'd happly call the police, hopefully if its a young bloke his agressive ways towards women will be stopped there.
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