Hi,
Let me go straight to the point. There was a history of sexual assault done to me by my soon-to-be ex. I want the crime to be punished eventually but not immediately. My question is, if I go to the police and make a report instead of a formal complaint about this past sexual assault, can I turn it into a formal complaint in the future?
Here’s more details about my case:
I’m getting a divorce from an abusive relationship. Within this relationship there are history of sexual assault issue, family violence issue, child abuse and neglect issue, all from my soon-to-be ex. They are the cause of a marriage break down.
I have solid evidence of all those but I have not yet gone to the police to report anything, because at the time, if I did, then she’d get deported from the country and I didn’t want our child to grow up without a mother. Maybe this was my mistake.
And there’s also false allegations of family violence and IVO issue from my soon-to-be ex to me, which I am contesting, with my lawyer and my evidence, of course.
My doubt is on should I or should I not report the sexual assault incident.
I was advised to focus on custody of children and don’t let the sexual assault allegation sidetrack what’s more important. So I report everything else but the sexual assault. Of course the sexual assault must be dealt with because the offence still impacts me, but they advised me to dealt with it later in the future after the child custody is decided.
Hence I asked question above, if I go to the police with all my evidence in the near future to report everything, can I make formal complaint on everything else but make a police report on sexual assault alone, only to make it a formal complaint in future? Or I should leave the sexual assault unreported at all for now?
Thanks
Let me go straight to the point. There was a history of sexual assault done to me by my soon-to-be ex. I want the crime to be punished eventually but not immediately. My question is, if I go to the police and make a report instead of a formal complaint about this past sexual assault, can I turn it into a formal complaint in the future?
Here’s more details about my case:
I’m getting a divorce from an abusive relationship. Within this relationship there are history of sexual assault issue, family violence issue, child abuse and neglect issue, all from my soon-to-be ex. They are the cause of a marriage break down.
I have solid evidence of all those but I have not yet gone to the police to report anything, because at the time, if I did, then she’d get deported from the country and I didn’t want our child to grow up without a mother. Maybe this was my mistake.
And there’s also false allegations of family violence and IVO issue from my soon-to-be ex to me, which I am contesting, with my lawyer and my evidence, of course.
My doubt is on should I or should I not report the sexual assault incident.
I was advised to focus on custody of children and don’t let the sexual assault allegation sidetrack what’s more important. So I report everything else but the sexual assault. Of course the sexual assault must be dealt with because the offence still impacts me, but they advised me to dealt with it later in the future after the child custody is decided.
Hence I asked question above, if I go to the police with all my evidence in the near future to report everything, can I make formal complaint on everything else but make a police report on sexual assault alone, only to make it a formal complaint in future? Or I should leave the sexual assault unreported at all for now?
Thanks