Extract from report stage (Lords) (day 3) of the Domestic Abuse Bill - Mar 15
Tuesday, 16 March 2021 08:03
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Lab) [V]:...Helen Pearson called Devon
and Cornwall Police 144 times over five years. She told police that
she thought the person writing threatening graffiti saying, “Die,
Helen, die”, damaging her car and putting out the windows of her
flat was a man called Joe Willis. Helen was terrorised and became a
virtual prisoner in her own home. Each time she reported another
terrifying event, Helen told the police that it was part of a
pattern and she read out the...Request free trial
(Lab) [V]:...Helen Pearson called
Devon and Cornwall Police 144 times
over five years. She told police that she thought the person
writing threatening graffiti saying, “Die, Helen, die”, damaging
her car and putting out the windows of her flat was a man called
Joe Willis. Helen was terrorised and became a virtual prisoner in
her own home. Each time she reported another terrifying event,
Helen told the police that it was part of a pattern and she read
out the crime report number. The police closed the investigation
and Helen attempted to take her own life, as she was at her wits’
end, but the abuse continued to escalate. Not only was Helen and
her property targeted, but he targeted her parents and made their
lives a living hell. The police did not investigate him, nor was he
ever spoken with despite the fact that he had a history. Two weeks
before he grabbed Helen off the street and stabbed her eight times
with a pair of scissors, he left a dead and tortured cat on her
doorstep. At no point was Helen or Willis proactively risk assessed
or managed. The police in fact focused on investigating Helen, as
they believed that she was making it up...
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