An erroneous medical report led to a man being accused of the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in Tenerife last week.
The child, Aitana, died last week in hospital. Initial press reports alleged the girl’s body bore numerous burns and bruises as well as evidence of sexual assault. The 24-year-old boyfriend of the girl’s mother was arrested in connection with the death.
But the man was yesterday released without charges as a new medical report revealed the girl’s death was due to internal injuries she suffered after falling in a play park five days before and that the burns were actually an allergic reaction to a cream. The new report also discounted any possibility of sexual abuse.
The young man’s lawyer has said his client will be pursuing legal action against the doctor who drew up the first medical report. The lawyer said: “We are furious with the press. How are they going to repair the damage they have done after ‘lynching’ my client and describing him as a rapist?”
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The lawyer's remarks underscore the reason that there MUST be anonymity for those involved in a sexual assault/rape case. I would say that the hospital, and hospital staff, should also be charged with, at the least, filing a false report.
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http://thereader.es/en/spain-news-stories/1232-doctors-error-leads-to-false-accusation-in-tenerife-rape-case.html
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Nothing new here, this is literally hundreds of years old.
"He who pays the piper calls the tune."
Replace "piper" with "medical examiner", "shrink", "rape counsellor", "child psychologist" etc.
All I hear is people talking about spending a fortune on your defence lawyer.
It is fuck all use unless you have also bought and paid for your own crew of expert witnesses.
Guess how Gotti walked, again... it wasn't a fancy lawyer stood there like a lone soldier.
Ask Pierce if he would prefer....
a/ defending a client who could pay his legal fees up front, with a nice affidavit claiming his innocence.
b/ defending a client who has supplied him with a crew of paid up expert witnesses who have handed him bundles of unimpeachable, impartial, expert testimony.... and an affidavit.
AfOR
The article does not say how or why the doctor concluded the girl had been raped. It would be interesting to know just what prompted him to reach that conclusion if it was later found that no rape occurred.
TS,
My guess is that he really didn't do much of an exam, and based on his quick look, called it what he felt like.
Let's be honest, when someone cries sexual abuse/rape of a child, it isn't questioned. The only thing on peoples minds are, where is the lowlife who did it, and how quickly can we bring a little vigilante justice to that man (I say man, because even after all of the studies that women are more likely to abuse kids, the men are the first people looked at as suspects).
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