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How best to preserve text messages as possible evidence?

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TwinklyfLightAttendant · 06/12/2007 06:27

Hi, can anyone advise me please?

I have several texts from an ex who is the father of my second child, which I believe are indicative of the less admirable qualities he possesses shall we say

It is an old phone, still in use atm but not a lot, and I don't know how to make sure the messages stay. I am afraid of the battery wearing out, or me losing the phone, or deleting them by mistake as the memory gets full quickly.

what could I do? they aren't on the sim, but the phone itself and I cannot find how to transfer them to the sim so I could start using another one and keep that one safe iyswim.

What would you do? I am just trying to preserve evidene in case he starts trying to get access/custody later on etc. Probably sounds a bit mad but the idea terrifies me and I want to have as much corroborative stuff as possible.

Thanks

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ABudafulSightWereHappyTonight · 06/12/2007 06:30

Not sure how much it would cost but you could probably take it to a solicitors and have it transcribed, witnessed and notarised.

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TwinklyfLightAttendant · 06/12/2007 06:40

Oh that's a good idea. Thankyou. I will look into it if nobody can come up with a cheap alternative. You are clever, Buda

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ABudafulSightWereHappyTonight · 06/12/2007 06:42

I wish!

Off to start a thread about how to save evidence that someone thinks I am clever!

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TwinklyfLightAttendant · 06/12/2007 06:44

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NotQuiteCockney · 06/12/2007 06:49

Hmmm, like most technical things, I doubt SMSes count for much as evidence - too easy to tamper with.

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TwinklyfLightAttendant · 06/12/2007 07:35

Are they? Oh yes, see what you mean - you can 'overwrite' them or something, can't you? Edit or something. I think. Never tried that!

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NotQuiteCockney · 06/12/2007 07:39

I don't know that you can, but I don't know that you can't. I know emails are worth basically nothing as legal proof, generally.

Other people talking about his behaviour matters much more, I would think.

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SpacePuppy · 06/12/2007 07:40

I'm sure if it is very important evidence the mobile company it was sent from will have a copy somewhere, I think you need some judge order to obtain it as evidence though. (or have I been watching CSI too often )