This man has abused your child. Fact.

Remove all contact with him, and definately any between him and your daughter. This may be difficult if your daughter has any feelings towards him (this is very likely). Explain to her that this behaviour is inappropriate of him, and there are laws that deal with people who take advantage of young girls. Unplug and remove the phone when you go to bed. Set up a bell or alarm on the door to alert you if your child leaves the house at night. Discuss what happened and ask her if she would like to talk to a counsellor about it, that it is normal to feel any range of emotions in this instance, and enable her to voice them (even if they are not what you want to hear).

Personally i would make his family (each and all of them), aware of his actions, they may need to be vigilant for this behaviour towards other children. Be prepared for them not to believe you, but it is important for your child to see that it is his behaviour that you are reacting to - not to hers. Continue to demand action from the police, and consider emailing or writing of the experience to the media. You can not risk letting this go, and then discovering he has taken his behaviour to the next level with someone elses child.

Contact BraveHeart, they may be able to offer more advice. Include your daughter in any conversations with them, so she understands that you are supporting her.. http://www.bravehearts.org.au/

I was in a similar situation, where the offender was my mother's husband. He started doing things, that I didn't let continue. Was it abuse? or not when it didn't go any further? Of course it's abuse. Though in my case, all my mother did was put a lock in my bedroom door.  You can imagine how I felt that my mother didn't do anything else.

Anyway, I have nothing to offer as far as a course of action. But I want to say that good for you for taking action. You are a great mom.

Oh how horrible. I wish I knew how old your daughter was... were the police not able to do anything because of her age? ARGH it makes me so mad!

You are right, the law isn't right. The protection usually doesn't start until AFTER the damage has been done. You might be able to get him charged for sexual harassement, which is different to sexual assault, a much lighter charge, but it'll at least give him the message that you won't stand by and let anything happen.

If the police don't give you any satisfaction (good luck with that btw) try calling one of the help lines listed in the front of the phone book. They can probably give you better advice on what to do.

Firstly, how far did he put his foot up her skirt? If his foot touched her private area, he has sexually molested her, and that is an offence. If it didn't touch there, it should be sexual harrassment, still an offence. Either way he has done wrong. File a report to the police and tell them you want him charged with either sexual harrassment or molestation, whichever is the case. Don't back down from the police. What this man has done is wrong and he must be held accountable. In the meantime, take out a restraining order. The fact that he is harrassing your daughter should be enough to get one. Good luck!

Is it possible that you could take out an injunction order against him, preventing him from coming within a certain distance of your home and your daughters school etc to atleast give you some piece of mind and scare him off if they wont do anything about his recent behaviour thats one thing but if he crossed the set boundry of the injunction they would have to arrest him.

I hope this helps some i cant imagine what your going through and as tempting as it is to take things into your own hands working with the system and keeping them well imformed will get the best results in the end and keep you were you need to be supporting your daughter.

Hoping all works out well for you and your family,

Hugs Jo xxx