Hi there.
I am confused with a situation that occurred with my daughter. She was assaulted by 2 girls at a night club. They hit her over the head with a bottle, kicked and punched her. She was knocked unconscious and security guards had to drag the girls off my daughter. She ended up with a black eye, a split to the head & various cuts and bruises over her body.
After being sent to hospital, my daughter went to the police and made a statement. Six months later, the police sent a letter saying there wasn't enough evidence to proceed further. They said that tahe 2 girls said my daughter slammed a door into them and this is why they bashed her. This wasn't the case but the police said as it was 2 against 1; they felt they could do no more.
My daughter was hit from behind with the bottle. The girls had no injuries. There were 2 witnesses, one was my daughter's friend who was too scared to make a statement. The second was a bystander who also gave the same version of events my daughter did. Now the police say they don't have the 2nd witness statement.
Even without this, though, as the girls used a weapon, shouldn't this be considered as a serious offence To use self-defense as a reason for an assault, I would have thought that the bashing was still excessive and that the girls would have had to have some type of injury for the police to believe my daughter deserved such a bashing.
Is there any time where such an assault is warranted?
I was always under the belief that an assault with a weapon was always a criminal charge. Am I wrong? Is it right that the police not prosecute when there is such an assault?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
I am confused with a situation that occurred with my daughter. She was assaulted by 2 girls at a night club. They hit her over the head with a bottle, kicked and punched her. She was knocked unconscious and security guards had to drag the girls off my daughter. She ended up with a black eye, a split to the head & various cuts and bruises over her body.
After being sent to hospital, my daughter went to the police and made a statement. Six months later, the police sent a letter saying there wasn't enough evidence to proceed further. They said that tahe 2 girls said my daughter slammed a door into them and this is why they bashed her. This wasn't the case but the police said as it was 2 against 1; they felt they could do no more.
My daughter was hit from behind with the bottle. The girls had no injuries. There were 2 witnesses, one was my daughter's friend who was too scared to make a statement. The second was a bystander who also gave the same version of events my daughter did. Now the police say they don't have the 2nd witness statement.
Even without this, though, as the girls used a weapon, shouldn't this be considered as a serious offence To use self-defense as a reason for an assault, I would have thought that the bashing was still excessive and that the girls would have had to have some type of injury for the police to believe my daughter deserved such a bashing.
Is there any time where such an assault is warranted?
I was always under the belief that an assault with a weapon was always a criminal charge. Am I wrong? Is it right that the police not prosecute when there is such an assault?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,