Our thanks to Stu for this. An extract:
A man jailed for rape four years ago has had his conviction overturned after new Facebook evidence emerged.
Danny Kay’s sentence was quashed by the Court of Appeal after deleted messages [J4MB emphasis] were found in an archived folder backing his version of events.
The 26-year-old had denied rape at Derby Crown Court in 2013 but was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
Judges ruled on Thursday the new evidence supported his claim the sex was consensual…
In his ruling, Mr Justice James Goss said: “We have come to the conclusion that, in a case of one word against another, the full Facebook message exchange provides very cogent evidence both in relation to the truthfulness and reliability of (the woman) … and the reliability of (Mr Kay’s) account and his truthfulness.”
Judges heard police asked the woman to retrieve Facebook messages that they had exchanged. [J4MB: Why didn’t they ask this back in 2013?]
In this case, and the three other cases of 20-something men we’ve covered in recent days, the key evidence exonerating the men was found on the lying women’s social media. The inevitable conclusion is that if the women hadn’t posted those materials, or texted friends, the men would probably have been convicted (or remained in prison). How will women intent on making false allegations respond to this in future? By posting on social media (or texting friends) that they’ve been raped. And that will be taken by the police / CPS that they have been, and yet more innocent men will go to prison.
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/liam-allan-a-victim-of-victim-centred-justice/
Luke Gittos just one of those repeatedly to point out what was happening
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Will try to catch it. Many of Luke’s pieces in the past have not been sympathetic to men’s rights e.g. why rape defendants shouldn’t be anonymous https://j4mbdotorgdotuk.wpcomstaging.com/2016/01/22/luke-gittos-law-editor-spiked-why-rape-defendants-shouldnt-be-anonymous/
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Mr Kay’s attacker still, despite her appalling crime, anonymous. Since his exoneration is de facto proof of her guilt and there can be no mitigating circumstances, his accuser (accusatrix?) and attacker would, In a just society, automatically be deemed guilty of crimes against him and it would be necessary only to determine her punishment, which should include a prison sentence at least as long as his, entry for life on a register of false accusers and, for life if necessary, confinement in a secure psychiatric institution upon release from prison.
Your point on the possible responses of predatory women in future raises the question of whether we should adopt a ‘lying until proven otherwise’ approach to all ‘he said, she said’ allegations of rape or sexual assault. ‘The Police’ must certainly be instructed not to arrest anyone, male or female, simply on the say so of anyone claiming to be a victim. That of course lies in the area of much more fundamental and far reaching reform of policing generally.
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Men should start taking selfies in public places where a clock is present as proof of where they are at specific times. Upload to cloud-based servers automatically. On a date with a new girl – take selfies every hour!
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