Thank you for the replies and especially for saying I might have made a difference. The no further action decision is still sinking in. I have no criminal record and he has a long list of convictions so I thought that might be enough to take the case to court and have my say. I feel responsible for his latest crime because I didn’t comply with the police at the time. I know he will hurt somebody else in the future and I hope that I won’t feel and guilt for it now that I have done my best. I suppose I was not contacted about his latest offence because he ended up pleading guilty after police retrieved a lot of deleted evidence from his phone. He always said to me that I am worthless and nobody will believe me (detail removed by moderator) (or cross him as he says) I feel like the NFA is confirmation of what he always said to me. My sexual harm advisor has visited today and explained the victims right to review. I am 90 percent sure I don’t want to put myself through the trauma of trying… It would feel to me like I’m pressuring the police to change their minds if that makes sense. He does have a conviction of beating and strangling me, and with him being imprisoned for child abuse I really thought I would get a chance to put my side across (detail removed by moderator). I have learned a lot about the system recently and about the low statistics of rape convictions. It makes me sad for victims of domestic violence x
