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ok, a bit of back ground first. both me and my sister have never really got on with my dad, we didn't see much of him at all from the ages of me being 3 and my sister 1 up to me being 15/16, my parents broke up, he dumped me, my mum and my sister in Germany and my granddad had to travel out there to pick us up. anyway, we had something of a reconciliation when i was 15 and all seemed to be "ok" my mum wasn't happy about it but gave us the choice, at first it seemed ok, i would come down south and visit him every couple of months, eventually meeting my wife down here and then moving down here myself. my dad left the army just as i moved down here and i noticed a change in him, he started acting strangely, up to the point where i decided to try not to see him (even though i lived less than a mile away) anyway it turns out he as cheating on his wife who eventually left him. he has now since re-married and moved away to trance. both me and my sister thought, problem solved but no, he sent us a letter saying he didn't want anything to do with us and that he never wanted either of us in the first place, i really didn't care tbh, my granddad was my father figure and as far as i was concerned the matter was over with. my sister met someone and has had a child with them (top bloke) everything seemed happy. recently though my dad has been sending my sister threatening emails and text messages basically saying he knows where she lives and knows where my niece will be going to school. my sister went to the police, who weren't much use (surprise surprise) they didn't go as far as to say "move house" but they may as well have done. this is not practical as my family have lived in the same village for 100+ years and there is no way any of us (i am going back in a months time) are going anywhere. she has seen a solicitor and is currently trying to take out an injunction but what else can we actually do? there is no way i would want to tackle my dad if he did turn up (ex para, boxed and played rugby for the army, still runs full marathons) and there is no way my stepfather could do anything either (Latin teacher
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anyway, other than the injunction is there anything else that can be done, at what point would the police actually get properly involved, with protection or actually having him arrested? and does the fact that he now lives in France have any bearing on it? as far as i know he is still a British national. my sister is terrified of what he will do
apologies for length and shitty spelling/grammar
anyway, other than the injunction is there anything else that can be done, at what point would the police actually get properly involved, with protection or actually having him arrested? and does the fact that he now lives in France have any bearing on it? as far as i know he is still a British national. my sister is terrified of what he will do
apologies for length and shitty spelling/grammar