Originally posted by Kennichi at 21-6-2010 08:06
The problem was most rapes aren't how we think of them they are by known persons and often boil down to one person's word vs another, the girl often doesn't want to be seen as a slag for instance. ...
Happens more often than most people realise. Below is a story about a bloke who spent 3 years in prison because some woman enjoyed "police attention".
How many other blokes are sitting in prison on the same jumped up charges? And what happens to the women who's lies put him in there? Probably a slap on the wrist at most.
Warren Blackwell spent three years in jail after being falsely accused of sex attack
BRITAIN's police watchdog blasted official handling of a case in which an innocent man was jailed for more than three years for a crime he did not commit.
Warren Blackwell, 40, was jailed in 1999 for a sex attack outside a social club. He was released in 2003 and his conviction was quashed on appeal in 2006, after new evidence undermined the credibility of the complainant.
A report published by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) unveiled a catalogue of errors made by Northamptonshire Police, in central England, that contributed to the miscarriage of justice.
Information the force failed to disclose included concerns expressed by an officer from another force to a detective about the alleged victim's reliability, saying previously she seemed to "enjoy police attention".
Notes taken by the detective referred to the complainant as "unreliable" and "unstable," but there was no evidence to show this information was ever passed to senior officers or the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
While Mr Blackwell was in prison, a detective failed to make senior officers and the CPS aware of more information about false complaints by the same woman.
There were also a large number of serious discrepancies in her accounts that were apparently not challenged by detectives.
Northamptonshire Police Deputy Chief Constable Derek Talbot apologised to Blackwell in person earlier this week.
But Mr Blackwell said it was "too little, too late".
"At the end of the day it was just a token gesture," he said.
"It's been frustrating, the length of time it has taken to draw a line under it, and I don't think I'm quite there yet."
He said the IPCC report was "damning" and that he was taking legal advice on whether or not to bring a damages claim against the force.
Link here:
http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku0-1225881560538