Wednesday 21 October 2009

Women who lie

Rape is only second to murder in Britain, I discovered on Channel 4's "The Force" last night.
For this reason a specialist rape unit was set up in Portsmouth, as a pilot, with plans to roll it out nationwide which sadly the programme concluded won't happen. "Too expensive".

The unit had 15000 rapes reported last year, which resulted in only 995 convictions. What of the remaining 14,005 cases? What happened to those?

The programme gave some idea for one of the women lied and another withdrew her complaint for fear of her parents finding out. Raped against a car bonnet, again by some stairs when she tried to flee. She had a strong case.

AAAARGH. The women who LIE. Years ago, I read in The Times, a woman went to the lengths of beating herself up so she could get a guy on campus convicted. The woman last night "couldn't remember" how she ended up naked in a room with three men but cctv camera's managed to quash her (sober) claim that she'd grabbed her clothes and run the following morning. It showed her walking out with all three boys. AAAARGH AAAARGH AAAARGH.

A young friend of mine reported the rape by her "best friend" and best friend's boyfriend in January. It is going to court soon. Her parents know, she is terrified as she has already been made to feel like the guilty party. "You are so brave," I told her.

I didn't report my rape(s), none of my friends who have been raped did either. More men assault women than women lie.
14,005 cases resulted in no conviction in Portmouth last year. How many more women didn't even go to the police?

Rape is second only to murder. A minority of women are killing the chances of the majority for justice. In a clear case of deception, the woman on tv last night should have been charged with wasting police time. There are thousands of women behind her who aren't.

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