paedophile taxi driver. advice, what would you do ?

[goldenbolls]

family member , has abused other member of my family, he is 63 years old, he has no previous convictions , he has applied for taxi licence and got it, can i do anything about this ? obviously council will say he has no convictions and they have to play by book but this is a family member and our family know what he has done in past.

what can be done ? the member who was abused does not want to speak out, she has lived with it all these years, we are all ashamed incase he does something and our family name is in the papers, i would stand by my family and go to police but she doe not want this for whatever reason. obviously i / we couldnt live with it if he touched a child or raped a girl or whatever.

what would you do ?

[DTCwordfan]

so instead of spending time whinging here, (i) convince your sister that this is the right course of action and use your argument about he could do it to other kids to play on her emotions and (ii) call the police.

Your language here does not help your case..........

[roxie_09]

It took my mum 30 years to come forward about her dad and uncle unfortunately she didn't until another family member recently had to experience it :-(. She has had to suffer the guilt of not coming forward sooner so I hope for everyone's sake your sister can pick up the
Courage and come forward xxx

[bunkmoreland]

why don't you as a family,visit the council offices and explain. You dont have to bring charges,but,he won't be given a licence i'm sure.

[Mamyalynne]

He has got a licence and has no convictions.

[bunkmoreland]

oh sorry,mamylynne,have just read back through this,but,if they heard from the actually family and the victim,could the council not review ? Realising the law,i see that would not be a probable outcome however .

[Mamyalynne]

Not without a police history, as in that case anyone could try to scupper an individuals job prospects without proof. The only sure and trusted way is to go to the police and report the abuse, I understand how very difficult this believe me.

[bunkmoreland]

its a nasty no win situation then,the abuser has to be revealed and his victim in the process. sorry to hear you know

[goldenbolls]

crosswordfan tut tut shame on you, i cannot ask a serious question on a/b with you saying i am "whingeing" im talking about a childs life for god sake woman, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR HEAD , sick and sad i think. maybe i have touched on a raw nerve with you for some reason , have i ?

[NOX]

you're always just a bit confrontational is all goldenbolls, look in the mirror and you could argue with yourself.
This is the reason that anyone who has been the victim of abuse needs to speak out. I have the UTMOST sympathy with your younger sister, but she needs to have the utmost sympathy for all the potential victims that she's allowing to exist by not reporting your father- she really does need to make a report, that's ALL you can do, and in the end it's up to her.

[factor-fiction]

If it is as serious as "a child's life" then the only solution is for your daughter to go to the police.
However I'm not sure that his becoming a taxi driver has significantly increased the chances of him touching a child or raping a girl. He could have done that if he wanted on the local park or anywhere- and surely he is already a risk to your own daughter. So I'm not clear why it's suddenly seems so much more urgent now.

[goldenbolls]

yea nox maybe i am a" bit too confrontational" and rash , apologies, though dtcroossword ( or mary whitehouse ) is calling it "whingeing". anyway ive got my answers and got most peoples views on things and yes my sister does need to confront it head on but its been 20 years now. factor im talking about freaks and creeps ( excuse the language DT) like this ruining childs lives , not nessesarily "killing them" but you know what i mean, he will now be working and on his own ( maybe) with a drunken girl on her way home or a child whos mum has paid for him to take her to school) its ruined everyones life around my sister even her own kids and family !! apart from "him" end of story

[Booldawg]

if the abuse was never reported and not likely to be then his crb check will go through and he'll get his license.

having a quiet word with council isnt going to pull any weight.

[burbie]

confront him and threaten him with exposure of his abuse if goes out working as a taxi driver.
if he does goes ahead with it, and the person really doesnt want to speak out, then send an anonymous letter to the taxi firm, and council, the doubt in their minds about him should be enough to finish him taxiing, especially if all his collegues know about it.