Our thanks to T for this. Normally it takes quite a number of false rape allegations against different men before women are charged with the offence, and even then they rarely receive custodial sentences. So we applaud a judge in Northern Ireland for his decision in this case:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25089367
Quite why her sentence was halved just because she’s now a mother, is a mystery. We’ve never heard of any man’s sentence being halved because he’d become a father after committing an offence.
Note that on the summing up of the false rape claim, the judge pointed out the negative effects on real rape victims and on the criminal justice system. Not a mention of the real and only direct victim, the accused man.
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Thanks, good point. How often does anyone show the slightest damned sympathy for men whose lives are ruined, who lose their jobs, have to move house etc.? What compensation do they get? None.
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