A young woman who was suggestively touching and bumping and grinding a young man in a sexual manner led him out of the night club where they were dancing, and they had consensual sex in a park. She cried rape; he was attacked by passers-by and was arrested and put on trial for rape. He claimed it was entirely consensual.
Her word against his. One them is a victim, the other is a liar and a criminal. Either he is a rapist or she has made a false criminal report. Yet, of course, only he is charged. He was tried and cleared of rape.
Who wants to wager on whether she will be charged for making a false report?
For what other crime can a young man be deprived of his liberty and put through the anxiety of not knowing if he will be imprisoned for many years based on one young woman's claim?
Rape accused not guilty
A BAKER has been cleared of raping a 20-year-old woman in a park after they left an Evesham nightclub together.
Daniel Wilmot, who was attacked when the woman made a complaint to passers-by, insisted they had sex by consent.
A jury at Worcester Crown Court today unanimously found him not guilty of two counts of rape and an alternative third count of attempted rape.
Mr Wilmot, aged 21, of Clevedon Green, South Littleton, near Evesham, shouted "thank you so much" from the dock as the verdicts were announced at the end of a four-day trial.
The woman gave evidence that she and the defendant were "bumping and grinding" on the dance floor at Inuendo on January 13 last year.
They also kissed passionately and she touched him sexually.
A CCTV film showed her leading him out of the club in the early hours in the direction of Abbey Park.
The jury heard she knew 15 minutes after meeting Mr Wilmot for the first time that he wanted sex.
Mr Wilmot, who works for a supermarket, claimed she kissed him passionately in the park, voluntarily performed a sex act on him and then pulled him down on top of her.
Defence counsel Adam Western said: "The idea that she went outside for anything else but sex defies common sense."
She was unsure of some events that night because of alcohol consumption.
Mr Western said she may have made a false complaint because she didn't want her friends to find out she had gone for sex with a stranger.
He also suggested that she wanted to resume a love affair with an ex-boyfriend and if he had found out "it would scupper a reconciliation".
Mr Wilmot was hit in the face by a man before police were called to the scene.
Prosecutor Nicolas Cartwright insisted the woman had no grudge against Mr Wilmot and had nothing to gain from her allegation.
He added: "There may been provocative dancing in the club, but that doesn't mean it was a green light for what happened later."
The woman had bruises on her arms and a scratch on Mr Wilmot's back bled significantly. Damage was also found to his shirt and waistcoat.
Link: http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/local/4122532.Rape_accused_not_guilty/
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This blog is great - do you have a database of all the cases - that would be a good next step - e.g with sentence given etc, as well as sentence or hardship suffered by the victim
Not only that, there should be a "false accuser registry database" online, similar to the "sex offender database", so that men could view the database prior to dating or having sex with false accusers.
Agree, Norman. That suggestion was seriously made several years ago in Britain by a politician -- I am going to have to dig out the news reports of it.
Anonymous, thanks for the kind words. We really ought to have a database -- the problem is the time needed to do it. That is tops on our wish-list, because you are right, it would be a great thing.
If she was bumping and grinding on the dance floor and led him out then it obviously wasn't rape. Dig into her background and I guarantee that she has cried rape for attention before.
This cunt belongs in prison.
It seems there are more such stories coming out of the UK than from all other countries combined. I can't figure out why. Something in the water?
Perhaps the man who attacked the falsely accused should be prosecuted as well.
It seems there are more such stories coming out of the UK than from all other countries combined. I can't figure out why. Something in the water?
Labour Party.
i am daniel wilmot! the accused in this case! i wanted to write to find out what my rights are as to whether or not i can have this lying girl punished? her name is leanne heath, she is the girl who took away my pride, my confidence and my trust in all people, she is the criminal that perverted the course of justice, yet will get away with it! she should be named just as i was in the local press! I cant get the 18 months of my life back that i lost in the build up to a trial which shouldnt even have taken place! im trying my best to get on with my life but the damage has allready been done, i dont feel the same person that i was before! wat can i do? finally id like to thank you for raising public awareness off the many false rape claims that will continue to happen! as long as false rape claims exist, normal men who are wrongly accused will loose themselves and even more worrying is that genuine rape claims wont be beleaved, and the sadistic men that carry out the vile, unforgivable crime that is rape may sometimes not be brought to justice! this is the fault of the criminally minded women that falsly claim rape! i thank you for sharing my story!
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