Today I responded to the email. I was calm and fair. I have agreed I am not going to screw him over on the business. The plan is to transfer it to someone else. Probably his Dad. As long as I protect myself along the way, I am ok with this plan. I want to make sure I protect myself from the company liabilities and from him being angry with me if I do it wrong.
He accused me of bring aggressive in his email which I denied in my email back. I put a couple of sentences in to say that we had agreed not to speak, I had no intention of being aggressive and we both knew each others pain, and now, it is time to move on.
He responded almost immediately stating he felt that my stepfather suggesting I call the police was being aggressive. I think perhaps the calls that made me want to call the police in the first place were in fact the aggressive part of this whole mess.
So this evening, Mitch the policeman came to the flat. Apparently the police are not allowed to take a call reporting a potential criminal activity and not follow it up. Which I suppose is a good thing. So Mitch the policeman arrived and sat at my kitchen table to take a statement. Summarising what had happened wasn't easy but I felt like I was wasting police time. I apologised, a lot. Mitch was very calm and said I had not wasted police time and asked if I could play him the two threatening voicemails. I played them to him and he was surprised I had decided not to press charges. Based on what he had heard the threats were a criminal offence and he could go and arrest him. I said no.
There has been no contact for 2 days now that is in any way offensive and I feel safer. I am in my own home this evening with my children and I think he has realised threatening me is not acceptable. Thank you to my stepfather for the pep-chat.
The police have the incident on record now so if anything else happens I can call them and it will be logged. If he is arrested, based on what he has done already, the policeman tells me he will automatically receive an injunction/non-molestation order. So I feel confident that if he turns up or threatens me again, the police will support me. The police have come a long way over the last few years relating to this kind of incident. I am impressed! Thank you to Mitch the policeman. I will keep the texts/voicemails on my phone, just in case....
He accused me of bring aggressive in his email which I denied in my email back. I put a couple of sentences in to say that we had agreed not to speak, I had no intention of being aggressive and we both knew each others pain, and now, it is time to move on.
He responded almost immediately stating he felt that my stepfather suggesting I call the police was being aggressive. I think perhaps the calls that made me want to call the police in the first place were in fact the aggressive part of this whole mess.
So this evening, Mitch the policeman came to the flat. Apparently the police are not allowed to take a call reporting a potential criminal activity and not follow it up. Which I suppose is a good thing. So Mitch the policeman arrived and sat at my kitchen table to take a statement. Summarising what had happened wasn't easy but I felt like I was wasting police time. I apologised, a lot. Mitch was very calm and said I had not wasted police time and asked if I could play him the two threatening voicemails. I played them to him and he was surprised I had decided not to press charges. Based on what he had heard the threats were a criminal offence and he could go and arrest him. I said no.
There has been no contact for 2 days now that is in any way offensive and I feel safer. I am in my own home this evening with my children and I think he has realised threatening me is not acceptable. Thank you to my stepfather for the pep-chat.
The police have the incident on record now so if anything else happens I can call them and it will be logged. If he is arrested, based on what he has done already, the policeman tells me he will automatically receive an injunction/non-molestation order. So I feel confident that if he turns up or threatens me again, the police will support me. The police have come a long way over the last few years relating to this kind of incident. I am impressed! Thank you to Mitch the policeman. I will keep the texts/voicemails on my phone, just in case....
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