Can you report someone for having sex with a minor 30 years later

[upsetspouse]

My daughter was 15 and the male was 21 she became pregnant but lost the baby. My daughter later went on to marry this person but he emotionally mentally and financially abused her she was totally besotted with this person and would not believe a word against him can anyone help

[dotty.]

report them to who? Did she marry him when she turned 16 and you gave your consent or did you not allow it and she had to wait until she was 18?

[Baldric]

According to some of the cases in the News at the moment, yes.

[dotty.]

what even if the couple married? I wouldn't imagine the CPS would let that get into court.

[friedgreentomato]

That is sex against their will Baldric - sounds like this was consenting sex with a future spouse.

Why did you not report this 30 years ago?

[Prudie]

I expect you can but would it really help?

[Mamyalynne]

She is now 45 - time for her to weigh up whether she wants this all brought to the surface, and tally up what good it could do, if she decides yes then back her.

[DTCwordfan]

the bus on this one left years ago........

[dotty.]

if your daughter married at 16/17 then parental consent would have had to be given which may or may not be a reason the CPS would not proceed as there was an opportunity at that time to prevent further abuse

[upsetspouse]

She did not marry him until she was 20 I could not report him as I did not want her dad to know. Now I feel the need to say something as I have been carrying this around for so long I wish I had reported him at the time

[naomi24]

What are you hoping to gain by reporting this?

[dotty.]

I'm trying to remember actually when the age went down from 21 to 18 to allow marriage without consent, I think it was in the 1980s actually,

[dotty.]

oh it was 1969

[upsetspouse]

Not hoping to gain anything by this just think that my daughter was taken in by a Conman who has mentally and financially abused her for the last 30 years and was only asking for advice

[joko]

if you just want to do this to get him into trouble and punish him for the pain hes caused your daughter then first make sure it what your daughter wants too.
i understand why you want this revenge if he genuinely has made her life a misery - but be prepared for not very much to happen to him ... expect to just annoy him.

[daffy654]

Your daughter is an adult now, let her decide if she wants to report it (not that she would get any where).

[joko]

if you dont want to gain anything - then whats the point?

[EcclesCake]

What would your daughter think of you reporting her husband?

[FredPuli43]

What does your daughter want to do?
1)If he was only 21 and she was 15, he had a defence that, if he had not been previously charged with a like offence, he believed she was 16. If your daughter is against you interfering, and has any wit when she hears the legal advice he would receive if charged, she will support that defence.
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2)The chances of her wishing to testify are nil, anyway.

3)And there's no way the CPS are going to hold that it is in the public interest that he be charged now, nor is it likely that they will think the evidence is such that there is a sufficiently realistic chance of a conviction.

Does that help? How much good do you think going to the police now will do?

[askyourgran]

It's a bit late now to complain, I bet there are hundreds of women who have gone through the same turmoil and eventually had the guts to leave the barstewards. Unless she wants to call the Police the next time he batters her. But at the end of the day she is now a grown woman with a mind of her own, the time to call for help was before she married him.

[elliemay1]

You don't make it clear if she is still with him and if so what is her opinion?