muffintop, I'm not a DCA but I am trying to collect money lent to a man who refuses to acknowledge that debt & sends abusive texts threatening to have his Security service contacts mess up my life if i persue him. He has reported ME to the Met Police for harassment because I called his mobiles & he didn't answer, his flat twice, a third time he answered & hung up & another he launched into a tirade of insults & threats for 10mins & hung up. When the police came to interview me, at 07:50 they weren't there to investigate it, just to make me sign some form. I was told if he reports me again I could be arrested. He can easily lie about another threat & there seems nothing I can do except throw good money after bad & start civil proceedings.

No not a collector, but to make matters worse, when I informed the 3 officers that he had drugs & a gun in his safe, they said I should report it. I replied I am to you 3 now, they all looked at each other as if to say crap! this seems like a lot of paperwork. I refused to sign their form or to give my details & they left.

I'm actually on the reverse of this kind of action. 1st post so please bare with me). My new partner has been owed apx £200k (amounts of £100k in 2007-to present sum). This was lent to a man she met through work & following instructions from her boss, & was given in good faith to help him secure custodial right to his daughter. Since that time he has slowly siphoned off her life savings,(for his business dealings & personal life) using guile & subtle threats along with stories of his & his family's links to the "Security Services" & his powerful contacts, (he was a succesful journalist), he is a huge drug user, has a full range of dodgy contacts & is adept at using the police whenever he feels a need. All while making no attempt to settle this debt. My partner is now facing considerable financial difficulties & has finally 'fessed' to the embarrasment of falling victim & finally asked for my help. She has recently been sacked from her PA job to a middle eastern family, due to the contact & conduct of this man & is at present going through the process of an employment tribunal, (another tale). To keep this short. I am no wall-flower, am ex military & have worked in the security industry for almost 20 years. I have refrained from my natural instincts & airing on the side of caution, attempted to arrange a meeting with this man to facilitate some form of repayment plan. This was in the form of a text message to ask if he would meet, how he intended to repay & when he could start. His reply was a tirade of offensive, rude texts & calls to both my partner & myself, including false accusations of threats to him & his property along with warnings to us both of his contacts & consequences of our continued attempt to pursue this. To the point....... After I had attempted to call him yesterday, (about a meeting) first on his mobile..no answer , then on his alternative 'dealers' mobile....no answer, I called his apartment (exclusive address in central London), he answered & hung up. I called back, (assuming my bad signal), I greeted him, he hung up. This happened 3 more times until he finally spoke & I asked for a possible meeting to discuss this issue. I was then subject to 10 mins of his threats & insults (water off a duck..) until he finally stated he would get me sorted out & I didn't want to mess with him or his MI6 friends & hung up. I left it at that & headed to my sons birthday dinner in the midlands. My partner called me around 11pm to state 2 uniformed police officers had called at her house to speak to me accussing me of harassment. As I was still in the midlands they left. 07.50 this morning 3 officers called to ask me to sign a document in relation to his accusations. I asked them if they were here to investigate the matter they said NO, they were here to speak to me. When I asked to see the complaint they said they didn't have the details other than I had continuously called him, threatening him & his partner by saying I was outside his apartment with "2 darkies & a crowbar". The officers had not interviewed him or seen the evidence but assumed it must be true... What are my legal rights with this? He can simply make up another encounter & I'll be arrested.