Rather interesting article this time. A young man (anyone who makes up an allegation such as rape, has lost the innocence of youth, in my opinion), was given a 10 month Detention and Training Order (See the link HERE for what that means).
Several things jump out in this story. The judge comes across as really caring about the impact on the falsely accused, and what that has done to the taxi driver, who happily, isn't named. Funny, isn't it, that the level of concern doesn't seem to appear in the vast majority of other FRA's?
Unnamed young man falsely cries rape, gets 10 month sentence.
A 16-year-old boy was today locked up for falsely claiming he was violently raped by a Bradford taxi driver.
Top detectives wasted more than 400 hours investigating the boy’s allegation that he was brutally assaulted late at night in Bradford Moor Park.
The boy, who was 15 when he lied to the police about the rape, was sentenced to a ten-month Detention and Training Order.
A judge at Bradford Crown Court told the teenager, who cannot be named because of his age: “You accused that innocent man of raping you in clear and graphic terms. The impact on him cannot be ignored – in fact it cannot be imagined.”
The court heard that the taxi driver, a father-of-five, felt shamed in his community when word got round. He went to Pakistan for two months to escape the stress, after losing his job and his taxi licence.
Prosecutor Duncan Ritchie said the boy claimed he was pinned against a wall in the park and raped on his way by taxi from Buttershaw to Bradford Moor.
He claimed the taxi driver threatened to kill him if he did not comply with his sexual demands.
The entirely-innocent driver was held in custody for more than 30 hours and interviewed six times by the police.
The “rape” scene was sealed off and forensically examined.
The boy, who had taken cannabis and alcohol, did not own up to his lies for 28 days.
Mr Ritchie said West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry Team spent £18,000 on the inquiry and wasted more than 400 hours.
The taxi driver’s relationship with his family was soured and social services allowed him only supervised contact with his children.
The boy’s solicitor advocate, Tom Rushbrooke, said he was attention seeking and did not expect his allegation to be taken so seriously.
Of low intelligence, he still failed to grasp the full consequences of his actions and the terrible impact on the driver.
The judge, Recorder Julian Smith, said the driver was the victim of “the most appalling and baseless allegation.”
Link: http://fwix.com/bradford/share/58efb05f42/boy_locked_up_for_false_rape_claim
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It's good that a false accuser is being sent away but what I see here is how judges will treat males much harsher than they do to females. You also have the Asian (Pakistani) factor involved here too Where the government wants to appease these foreigners. I'm not sure if the judge would have been as harsh if the taxi driver were English.
Yep
If only he had a pussy he would have $17,000 in "victims" compensation and a book deal.
What I find astounding about this case is that even though males make relatively few false allegations of sexual offences compared to females, and even though women who lie about rape are treated with kid gloves, the police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the courts still managed to bring this boy to face the full force of the law.
It's good to know some people are still responsible for their actions, so long as you are not a woman or a minority or any designated PC victim group.
I recall reading elsewhere of a case in the UK where a woman made a false rape report to the police, and once the police clearly established it to be false they threatened her with a 75 pound fine for wasting police time if she pursued the case further.
This boy was still a minor, and minors are supposed to be treated more leniently by the criminal justice system.
It's good to know that women can't even be held to the same level of responsibility for their actions as children are.
This boy was still a minor, and minors are supposed to be treated more leniently by the criminal justice system
Not if that minor is a male and has offended some protected minority. Don't misunderstand me, false accusers should be punished but we all know why he was punished so severely for something he did at 15.
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I'm sure that the readers here would like to publish a comment on this college newspaper :o)
"Several things jump out in this story. The judge comes across as really caring about the impact on the falsely accused, and what that has done to the taxi driver, who happily, isn't named. Funny, isn't it, that the level of concern doesn't seem to appear in the vast majority of other FRA's?"
Ah! Well, you see, in this case, it wasn't a woman making the false accusation, so we don't have to be extra-nice and lenient to the actual criminal.
Boys who falselly cry "Rape" are to be held accounteable for their indiscretions.
Girls who falselly acuse of rape are to be treated as children, and hence un-acounteable.
You see, 3rd wave gender / Raunch feminism has very little to do with EQwality.
This leaps out at me,
"Of low intelligence, he still failed to grasp the full consequences of his actions and the terrible impact on the drive."
First off, just let me clarify that I'm not in any way condoning this kids actions. But having read that statement, part of me wonders about the boys mental state.
Those who report FRA should be penialised in my opinion, regardless of their gender. Having said that, the way this story has been reported has me wondering if this kid really understood what he was doing.
he was able to fabricate a pretty effective lie, so my attitude is basically "fuck him" throw the book at him and then throw away they key.
"mental issues" is the new "my client has kicked his drug habit and been offered a job" gig just prior to sentencing.
the law ALREADY HAS protections in place for those deemed to me mentally incapable of understanding what is going on.
I have no sympathy for this little bastard whatsoever. Lock him up 4EVER!
Remember, men are literally second-class citizens (actually, probably "fourth class" citizens: women are first, then children, then... most likely dogs/animals, and THEN men).
Everything makes sense through that paradigm. This is why women can murder their children and their husbands and get a slap on the wrist; they are first-class citizens, above all others on the hierarchy. Similarly, this is why they can make false rape accusations with no fear of repercussions (nor any burden of proof), while if a male minor does the same thing (as in this case), he gets punished.
Strange sort of "equality" these feminists and womyn push, eh? Sounds more like female supremacism and special interest politics to me. Maybe I just need some "sensitivity training" (AKA re-education).
Zeta said...
Remember, men are literally second-class citizens (actually, probably "fourth class" citizens: women are first, then children, then... most likely dogs/animals, and THEN men).
If you want proof of that have a look here.
This is from my state government's website. A government in a modern western democracy which has laws requiring equal treatment of the genders.
Their attention was drawn to this nearly a year ago but it remains unchanged leading me to believe it to be a deliberate slight.
I apologize in advance for the length of this comment.
Funny, isn't it, that the level of concern doesn't seem to appear in the vast majority of other FRA's?
Funny, isn't it, that you mention that. Here's a story from the South Bend Tribune (a northwest Indiana newspaper).
In case you don't get there in time (there's a 7-day limit on viewing articles on the website; thereafter they are archived and you have to pay to view them), here's the story:
False reporting is serious offense
It is difficult to imagine what would cause a person to falsely claim to have been sexually assaulted by someone impersonating a police officer.
According to Elkhart County police, that is what happened last month. A woman reported that she had been pulled over by someone with red flashing lights on his car, whom she believed to be a police officer. She said the impersonator blinded her with a flashlight and raped her.
Several days into an investigation of the complaint, police concluded that the woman's story wasn't true. She was arrested Thursday and charged with false informing, a misdemeanor.
We do not know the circumstances behind this incident. Someone who claims falsely to be a victim may be more deserving of sympathy than punishment. That is for the judicial system to determine. But we do know that false reporting of crimes is a serious offense that must be dealt with seriously.
As county police spokesman Trevor Wendzonka explained to WSBT reporter John Paul, a considerable amount of police time was wasted in the investigation of a crime that never happened. False reports are made more often than one might think. An Elkhart city police spokesman said his agency receives a dozen or more a year.
There are obvious costs, in taxpayer money and in wasted police time.
False claims also could dissuade real victims from coming forward. They might fear that they wouldn't be taken seriously. Wendzonka was quick to stress that this incident shouldn't deter legitimate victims from going to police. We certainly join him in that view. But we also understand how incidents such as this one can muddy the public's perception of police-impersonator complaints.
It is important for the public to trust the police — and for the police to trust the public. That is why people who falsely claim to be the victims of crime should be prosecuted. Others tempted, for whatever unfathomable reason, to do such a thing need to know that there are serious consequences.
While it's great that the editors over at the SBT believe that people who make false claims of rape ought to be punished, their complete lack of concern for the true victims in such incidents - the men who are falsely accused - is apparent.
By the way, I've already had a letter published in the last 30 days (which means I can't have another published until 30 days have passed), so if someone else wants to submit a brief letter exposing the editors' lack of concern for the true victims in that case (and other cases) I would appreciate it (by the way again, the SBT also ran an editorial from the local YWCA about rape in the area; any letter in response to the SBT editors' opinion could incorporate a rebuttal to that editorial as well).
Excellent, J. Bowen.
I'm no legal expert but can this kid claim selective prosecution?
I mean NO female would be serving a day in jail doing the same thing he did.
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