Other Criminal Charges

If filing for Domestic Abuse is not an option there are other legal actions you can take

domestic abuse experienced before 21st of February 2022 does not fall under the Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act, but can still fall under a variety of other laws

Listed below are example behaviors and the laws they fall under:

Non-fatal strangulation, common assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, attempted murder
Criminal damage, threatening to cause criminal damage, threatening or abusive behavior
Harassment (behavior must occur on at least two occasions)
Rape, indecent assault, harassment, living off immoral earnings
Stalking (behavior must occur on at least two occasions), threatening or abusive behavior, harassment
Stalking, threatening or abusive behavior
Kidnap, blackmail, false imprisonment, common assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, rape, indecent assault
Criminal damage aggravated burglary (defendent enters as a trespasser with intent to steal, inflict grievous bodily harm, rape or do unlawful damage), breach of occupation order or non-molestation order
Criminal damage, threatening to cause criminal damage, cruelty to animals, harassment, threatening or abusive behavior
Stalking, threatening or abusive behavior
False imprisonment, harassment, threatening or abusive behavior
Child cruelty
Improper use of public telecommunication systems, malicious communications, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, stalking, harassment, threatening or abusive behavior
Harassment, threatening or abusive behavior, blackmail
Harassment, threatening or abusive behavior
Common assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, wounding, attempted murder
Witness intimidation, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
False imprisonment, assault occasioning actual bodily harm
False imprisonment, assault occasioning actual bodily harm
False imprisonment, kidnapping, harassment
Sending unwanted sexual images, threatening to disclose sexual images
Threats to kill, harassment, threatening or abusive behaviour.
Threats to kill, common assault possession of an offensive weapon (if in a public place), threatening or abusive behavior
Common assault, threatening or abusive behaviour
Common assault, criminal damage
Common assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, false imprisonment
Murder, manslaughter
Child destruction, procuring a miscarriage or abortion

this is not a fully extensive list

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Other Criminal Charges

Choking, Strangling, Suffocating

Damaging or Destroying Property or Threatening to do so

Enforced financial dependence or unreasonably depriving someone of money

Enforced sexual activity

Excessive contact, e.g. numerous phone calls to check someone’s whereabouts

Following, loitering, entering premises, watching or spying on a person

Forced Marriage

Forcing entry into a house

Harming or threatening to harm a pet

Leaving unwanted gifts or interfering with another’s property

Locking someone in a room or house or preventing him or her from leaving

Neglecting, abandoning or ill-treating a child

Offensive/obscene/menacing telephone calls, text messages or letters

‘Outing’, e.g. sexual orientation or HIV status

Persistent verbal abuse, e.g. constant unreasonable criticism

Physical violence, with or without weapons, including: punching, spitting, slapping, pushing, kicking, headbutting, and hairpulling

Pressurising a victim/witness to ‘drop the case’ or not to give evidence

Preventing someone from seeking aid, e.g. medical attention

Preventing someone from seeking aid, e.g. medical attention

Preventing someone from visiting relatives or friends

Sending unwanted sexual images or threatening to disclose sexual images

Threatening to kill someone

Threatening with an article used as a weapon, e.g. a knife, tool or chair

Threats to cause injury

Throwing articles, e.g. plates, even if they miss their target

Tying someone up

Violence resulting in death

Violence resulting in miscarriage