I lived in Nottingham and left a violent partner at the end of 2014, and made two separate signed statements on his abuse to Nottinghamshire Police in 2015. This followed making two verbal reports on physical assault by this guy to Nottinghamshire Police in 2014. I had evidence which they

Shielding in what felt like a prison home controlled by a previous neighbour, we couldn’t escape. Infatuated, deluded and persistent, the offender sent 9 Valentine’s Day cards, over 20 teddy bears, bras, knickers, sleazy underwear. Hanging strings of huge hearts above my garden wall. His kitchen window looked into our

In 1978 when I was 16 I was raped by a boyfriend and his friend.. I was terrified and after the rape I was forced to go back to his friend’s house where I had to spend the rest of the night. I eventually managed to leave and when I

This isn’t about inappropriate sexualised behaviour, but I do see this incident as part of the problem of crimes against women and girls and the way police are normalising abuse. I called the police whilst my boyfriend at the time was going apesh*t crazy and was punching holes in my

I was a child when I was groomed and sexual abused/exploited and raped. I would regularly go missing and when I had the courage to report what had happened a male officer from GMP had said what I was describing to him sounded like I wanted it despite me saying

I reported a crime. The officers were racist and misogynistic. I made a complaint. The complaint was sent to that officers team. So they destroyed my life. This sums it up. There is a lot of detail. They spent a lot of time and effort doing this and made up

Watched your report, of how women who TRY to report rape are spoken to. Sadly I tried but detectives response was it was all a waste of tax payers money! Couldn’t believe my ears. So I pursued it but their determination to brush it under the carpet prevailed. I was

First time I ever meet my biological father at the age of 18 /19 . Met at Edinburgh bus station thinking it’s great to meet someone who is blood related but would get me on a level where I’m mixed race my whole family are white apart from me so

Please forgive the length of this story – I just really, really want to share – I’ve missed so many details and incidents, but there’s still plenty. It won’t be the ‘worst’, but it may well have some parts, at least, that many people can relate to, and may, I

I am chronically ill and disabled, and had always been very close to my Mum who was 81. She became bedridden, paralysed and had fluctuating mental capacity following a fall in which she broke her spine. She lived with her second husband. I employed a care company to visit Mum

I was at a party of a 14 year old girl when suddenly we realised nobody had seen her for a while she had been quite drunk so people started looking for her. She was found in an upstairs bedroom with 4 boys aged 15-19 some in a state of

I was sexually assaulted by my employer and when I reported it to the police they said I had made it up because he was a popular business man and I was 17. He was a manipulative predator who also had ties with the Asian community and helped them fiddle

This year I reported two rapes. Since then, I found out in my medical records that the police have decided that they’re very unlikely to be prosecuted. But they haven’t even taken my statement. My words mean nothing even before they are spoken. Constabulary: N/A or Prefer not to say

About 14 years ago, I was out with some friends, the last thing I remember was taking a drink, I was drugged I believe, what happened after is hazy, but I remember enough. A man put his arm around me and led me to a graveyard, where he repeatedly raped

While giving a statement about a rape to two Police Scotland officers one officer wrote the statement down while the other officer fell asleep. It made me feel worthless and insignificant. Constabulary: Police Scotland Timespan: Several years ago Did you report it to the police?: Yes Your ethnicity: White British

In 1995 my step dad was recommended to a counsellor for depression. In the first session he admitted to her that he had loaded guns and knives in the flat where he lived with me and my mum. I was eight years old at the time, and had already experienced

In 2007 I was assaulted by an employer I was a free-lancer for. A month later I developed a UTI and haematuria, so I visited my GP, first disclosure. The GP was only concerned that I report to the police, this took up most of the appointment, talking about reporting.

I got attacked by my ex partner and rang 999. It took them an hour to get to me. 3 men came and was nice however they didn’t offer me to stay in my property, they didn’t offer a restraining order and it was dropped due to lack of evidence.