Homophobia victim left waiting three years for police
Joshua Beynon called the police support he received "lacklustre", apart from some advice to buy a camera doorbell and being given window alarmsPolice have apologised to a victim after an investigation into graphic homophobic, sexual and violent threats took nearly three years to complete.
He said: "It was that kind of anxiety you have that, 'are these social media comments or threats going to materialise into something physical one day?'"Joshua Beynon waited almost three years until he found out no-one would be charged with a crime He added: "I was extremely distressed it's probably fair to say worried about my safety, you know, afraid to go out checking if doors were locked."I'm not blaming that on Dyfed-Powys Police, but I think if I know there was real action, or if I'd seen that, actually, they were trying, I think I would have felt better.
Dyfed-Powys Police apologised for the "lapse in service" and said "a full and thorough investigation of the reported hate crime followed"., but when it was breached he reported it to the police and said no action was taken.
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