Hi all,
In my understanding of common law, a person will commit perjury I
If he/she can be proven beyond reasonable doubt that:
One – the accused made a false statement.
Two – the accused made the false statement [under oath / on affirmation].
Three – the accused made the false statement in a judicial proceeding.
Four – the statement was material to the judicial proceeding.
Five – the accused knew that the statement was false, or did not believe that it was true.
I am currently in a IVO (Intervention order) case with a crazy ex (3 IVOs against me). No children involved so straightforward. He and his parents (whom I don't know) went to police to file a complaint about me. A police investigation, 3 IVO has been filed based on a few material "facts" made in the statement by them under oath in court.
I have hard evidence of transcripts of our sms and instant messages notes to prove that the ex knowingly lied about a number of key facts and knowingly misled the police on a couple of others to make his case against me. To make it more interesting, his parents case also have the same evidence even though I don't know them from a bar of soap so the duplicate of false statement actually emphasises the ex's intention to lie and misled. My evidence are fairly watertight and in worse case if the court subpoena both our phone records and my customs and immigrantion records (time in and out of country) the evidence will be beyond reasonable doubt.
So 1,2,3 and 5 are fulfiled. How do I pursue this as I hold in my hands evidence of his perjury in his attempt to indict me. We are seeing each other in family court but perjury is criminal. Do I go back to the same police who investigate me to present to them the evidence of his perjury? How would I know they will investigate it thoroughly?
Any insight will be appreciated
In my understanding of common law, a person will commit perjury I
If he/she can be proven beyond reasonable doubt that:
One – the accused made a false statement.
Two – the accused made the false statement [under oath / on affirmation].
Three – the accused made the false statement in a judicial proceeding.
Four – the statement was material to the judicial proceeding.
Five – the accused knew that the statement was false, or did not believe that it was true.
I am currently in a IVO (Intervention order) case with a crazy ex (3 IVOs against me). No children involved so straightforward. He and his parents (whom I don't know) went to police to file a complaint about me. A police investigation, 3 IVO has been filed based on a few material "facts" made in the statement by them under oath in court.
I have hard evidence of transcripts of our sms and instant messages notes to prove that the ex knowingly lied about a number of key facts and knowingly misled the police on a couple of others to make his case against me. To make it more interesting, his parents case also have the same evidence even though I don't know them from a bar of soap so the duplicate of false statement actually emphasises the ex's intention to lie and misled. My evidence are fairly watertight and in worse case if the court subpoena both our phone records and my customs and immigrantion records (time in and out of country) the evidence will be beyond reasonable doubt.
So 1,2,3 and 5 are fulfiled. How do I pursue this as I hold in my hands evidence of his perjury in his attempt to indict me. We are seeing each other in family court but perjury is criminal. Do I go back to the same police who investigate me to present to them the evidence of his perjury? How would I know they will investigate it thoroughly?
Any insight will be appreciated