A SURBITON woman has been jailed after falsely accusing two men of raping her.
Eloise O'Donovan, 19, told police she was seriously sexually assaulted in Vale Road South, on July 26 last year. She identified the men, who were arrested, and officers from the Sapphire Unit started investigating the alleged attack.
But her lies soon unravelled and evidence against her version of events piled up, shifting the focus of the investigation on to her.
She was eventually arrested and pleaded guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice at Kingston Crown Court on June 17. The teenager was sentenced to two years in prison.
Investigating officer DC Aine Matthews said: "We are committed to conducting professional and impartial investigations that seek the truth and ultimately bring those responsible to justice. Making a false allegation is a rare but serious criminal offence, which puts those who are falsely accused through a very emotional ordeal.
"Where there is evidence of false allegations, we will refer cases to the Crown Prosecution Service to decide whether a prosecution is in the public interest."
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I used to LIVE there.
Scary.
I'd say false allegations are the exception rather than the rule.
After all a woman who has been sexually assaulted is likely to get the what were you wearing, drinking,going at that time of night inquisition and the number of sexual partners query (which is nobody's business)
Which puts women off ever mentioning to law enforcement let alone going to court.
I'd say truthful allegations are the exception rather than the rule, and unlike you anonymous, I'm speaking from first hand experience.
@ Anonymous on Jul 23, 2010 3:56:00 AM
" AfOR said...
I'd say truthful allegations are the exception rather than the rule, and unlike you anonymous, I'm speaking from first hand experience."
I second what AfOR has said and also speak from first hand experience. Also, it's not always about what they were wearing, drinking, or doing or queries into the number of sexual partners. Professionals such as: lawyers, doctors, nurses, fire fighters, paramedics, and police who are simply doing their jobs get falsely accused, too while on the job. So it's not always about consensual sex that's later regretted, it's also about outright confabulations and distortion campaigns made by those with cluster b personality disorders or who have Munchausen's Syndrome. We've discussed this aspect of false accusations many times here on FRS.
see: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Afalserapesociety.blogspot.com+Munchausen&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
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Here is a good link collection on the topic of false accusations:
http://www.aseanmusic.com/false-accusations.html
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http://sheridan_conlaw.typepad.com/sheridan_conlaw/2009/10/status-exchange-false-accusation.html
Anonymous - "After all a woman who has been sexually assaulted is likely to get the what were you wearing, drinking,going at that time of night inquisition and the number of sexual partners query (which is nobody's business)
Which puts women off ever mentioning to law enforcement let alone going to court."
Wow, anonymous,
You seem to be woefully unaware of the Rape Shield Laws which protect women who report sexual assaults (real or falsified), especially when it comes to taking a case to trial.
You also seem to be unaware of the victims counselors who special in sexual assaults (on women and girls - most are never taught how to deal with men or boy's who've been assaulted), who are usually involved in the official (and video recorded, BTW) questioning related to her making her statement as to the events in question. Female sex assault victims (or, even those just claiming to be) are treated with compassion, respect, and "kid-gloves" in most all cases.
You need to read and learn before you make a fool of yourself with statements like the one I've quoted above.
"I'd say false allegations are the exception rather than the rule."
I'd say it's getting increasingly difficult for you people to keep claiming that.
I'd say false allegations are the exception rather than the rule.
After all a woman who has been sexually assaulted is likely to get the what were you wearing, drinking,going at that time of night inquisition and the number of sexual partners query (which is nobody's business)
Which puts women off ever mentioning to law enforcement let alone going to court.
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You're wrong on all three counts. We read all the time about women making up false rape or kidnapping stories and reporting them to the police just for the fun of it, so what evidence you have outside of your imagination that women are deterred from reporting rapes?
And how is that supposed to rationalize enabling false rape accusations, anyway?
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