Is a year enough

[DrFilth]

fot the nightmare she put this man through


http://menmedia.co.uk...lton-taxi-driver-rape

[jno]

12 hours in custody? Not nice but not exactly a living hell (the case doesn't appear to have gone to court). What she's being punished for isn't so much accusing a cabbie as messing around with the justice system; what she's done will make life harder for real rape victims. A year would be nice but I suppose she'll be out by Tuesday.

[Quassia]

If she serves the full 12 months .. I think it's long enough to have her think over what she's done. I feel very sorry for the taxi driver though, hope he gets back some kind of 'normality' in his life .. must have been hell for him.

[Brenden]

I am a female, but I would think that any man falsely accused of rape and spending even 1 hour in custody would be a living hell.

[emmie]

no, and she has done great harm to all those who are raped, as cases like this, make it less likely victims are believed. She should be made to visit a rape crisis centre, and see for herself the real thing.

[DrFilth]

jno do you think it is just 12 hours, for starters they had taken his car which he needs for work for tests and believe me they will have had that for more than 12 hours.

then he has also had to go back to the police station several times to face more questions, you are always guilty to the police till you are proved innocent

[jno]

if it had gone to court and she'd persisted in her accusations I'd say a year was not enough. For what did happen, a year will do.

The police did conclude he was innocent, hence the trial of the girl.

[B00]

She should also be made to pay towards the costs that the case will have incurred.

Silly silly girl!

[jno]

that may have happened, B00, I don't know. It should have. But 17-year-old girls sometimes do truly stupid things.

[B00]

Can't read the news link yet jno, site down for maintenance.

[jno]

I can see it... all it says is 12 months in a young offenders institution. But newspapers don't always report the full sentence.

[DrFilth]

BOO online report only gives a short report


A teenage girl from the Bolton area who lied about being raped by a taxi driver has been sentenced.

The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted perverting the course of justice.

At Bolton Crown Court, she was sentenced to 12 months in a young offenders institution.

The court heard that early on January 8, a 34-year-old taxi driver picked up the girl from a taxi rank in Farnworth after she had been returned by a colleague who suspected she would not pay her fare.

He took the girl to her home in the Bolton area and, when she admitted having no cash, agreed to retain her ring at the taxi base until the next day when the fare could be paid.

The girl returned home and told her mother she had been raped by the taxi driver.

Police were called and an investigation was launched.

The man was arrested and his car seized for forensic examination. CCTV footage from the taxi base was recovered and witness statements taken from the man's colleagues.

He was interviewed several times and spent 12 hours in police custody before being released on bail.

The girl was taken to hospital and had several appointments made for her to see a doctor and councillor at St Mary's specialist centre in Manchester.


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[B00]

how strange- so not even a reason given by her why she said such a thing?

[DrFilth]

// Detective Constable Stuart Round, of Bolton CID, said: "The man took the girl home when no other driver would and even allowed her to pay her fare the following day, yet she repaid his kindness with a wicked lie that landed him in a police cell.

"He had to deal with the associated stigma of being accused of such a grave offence and we wasted a lot of time, effort and money on the investigation when it could have been better spent serving the community.

"The scope of our investigation in this incident proves how thoroughly we investigate all reports of rape and I hope this girl’s inexcusable actions in no way deter genuine victims from coming forward.

"But I want to send out the very clear message that we treat lying to the police about such an awful crime very seriously and will not hesitate to bring those who do so before the courts." //

[DrFilth]

does anyone know if itv news is on the internet catch up thingy please

[Whickerman]

jno - to say the police did conclude he was innocent is no help to the man - ever wonder what kind of stories are told and what damage is done to a family in this situation?

[wolf63]

An accusation of rape can totally ruin the life of a man who is innocent.

Rape is such a horrendous crime and people of both sexes are horrified by it happening to them or one of their family. I personally feel that any attacker should be sent to prison for much longer than the law currently allows.

So to accuse a man of such a crime either out of malice or because you got drunk and woke up next morning with a stranger is a dispicable thing to do and the woman (or man) should be punished.

I think that repeat offenders (rapists) should be castrated - painfully.

[jno]

Whickerman, it's not clear (until he tells his story to the tabloids, anyway) what harm, if any, came to the guy beyond interviews and a night in custody. His name isn't given in the report so it's possible nobody even knew about it. Maybe I'm misinformed here; but in the meantime I'm prepared to assume the court weighed this up before passing sentence. I'm not defending the girl or her actions; but I don't feel inclined to put her behind bars forever.

[ludwig]

// Whickerman, it's not clear (until he tells his story to the tabloids, anyway) what harm, if any, came to the guy beyond interviews and a night in custody. //

That's true - it's a mystery - he's probably having a good laugh about it down the pub with his mates for all we know. but if someone ever falsely accuses you of rape, please report back here about how you feel because it will give u sall a bit more insight into it.

[ludwig]

Sorry, to answer the question - yes. a year is about right.

[R1Geezer]

she should have got what he would have got if he had raped her. She's set back the case for real rapes and done woman kind no favours, right little c0w by the sound of it.