Post by Vinny on May 30, 2023 9:30:14 GMT
This is a pretty horrible case.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65683394
A woman who was assaulted by her police officer partner wants the time-limit to claim compensation scrapped for domestic abuse survivors.
Annie Hirdman's former partner Fraser Ross was convicted of assault in 2021.
She also claims he looked her up on a police database and found details of previous abuse. But the Crown Office said there was not enough evidence to prosecute this alleged data breach.
And Police Scotland said she was too late to claim compensation.
The Scottish government said it was working to deliver the recommendations of an independent review into police complaints handling.
Ms Hirdman met Ross in 2013.
She told the BBC he was initially kind, but as time went on he became more controlling and abusive.
She started to make secret recordings of him, including one where he tried to blame her for his violence.
Ms Hirdman said she called the police in 2019 when she thought she was going to die.
She said: "He tried to strangle me and I had to call the police, which gave me a lot of fear because he always told me if I phoned the police I would go to jail because I wouldn't be believed."
Fraser Ross was convicted at Hamilton Sheriff Court in April 2021 and sentenced to 250 hours' unpaid work, placed under supervision for three years and given a six-year non-harassment order.
Ms Hirdman said he told her in 2013 or 2014 that he had looked up information about her on a police database and discovered information about a previous abusive relationship.
She believes that gave him the confidence to abuse her without fearing she would report him.
She said: "It gave him knowledge of my vulnerabilities that he then used to abuse me for as long as he did, and destroy me to the point I now have injuries that are probably going to last a long time.
She said the alleged data breach was one of the biggest aspects of her case.
Police Scotland said it received a complaint in February 2021 about an officer using police systems unlawfully and it investigated and submitted a report to the procurator fiscal.
But the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service told Ms Hirdman there was "insufficient evidence to establish the state of knowledge/training the officer received in relation to data protection requirements at the date of the alleged offence".
Annie Hirdman's former partner Fraser Ross was convicted of assault in 2021.
She also claims he looked her up on a police database and found details of previous abuse. But the Crown Office said there was not enough evidence to prosecute this alleged data breach.
And Police Scotland said she was too late to claim compensation.
The Scottish government said it was working to deliver the recommendations of an independent review into police complaints handling.
Ms Hirdman met Ross in 2013.
She told the BBC he was initially kind, but as time went on he became more controlling and abusive.
She started to make secret recordings of him, including one where he tried to blame her for his violence.
Ms Hirdman said she called the police in 2019 when she thought she was going to die.
She said: "He tried to strangle me and I had to call the police, which gave me a lot of fear because he always told me if I phoned the police I would go to jail because I wouldn't be believed."
Fraser Ross was convicted at Hamilton Sheriff Court in April 2021 and sentenced to 250 hours' unpaid work, placed under supervision for three years and given a six-year non-harassment order.
Ms Hirdman said he told her in 2013 or 2014 that he had looked up information about her on a police database and discovered information about a previous abusive relationship.
She believes that gave him the confidence to abuse her without fearing she would report him.
She said: "It gave him knowledge of my vulnerabilities that he then used to abuse me for as long as he did, and destroy me to the point I now have injuries that are probably going to last a long time.
She said the alleged data breach was one of the biggest aspects of her case.
Police Scotland said it received a complaint in February 2021 about an officer using police systems unlawfully and it investigated and submitted a report to the procurator fiscal.
But the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service told Ms Hirdman there was "insufficient evidence to establish the state of knowledge/training the officer received in relation to data protection requirements at the date of the alleged offence".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65683394
