My ex kicked me out of our house, refused to sell and then rented it out. I have correspondence from him stating that all rental income was going on the mortgage and that neither of us would get any money until arrears were paid off. Now the payments were to a joint account. He never let me access this account and I was too scared until recently to get access to it. It turns out the arrears on the mortgage have increased and he has spent thousands of the money that is legally half mine. Would this classed as theft, fraud or what? I have all the text messages from him stating the arrangement but he has just taken every penny for himself. I own half of the house.