A WOMAN is facing serious charges of making a false complaint to police that she was raped in Port Melbourne last month.
The 22-year-old woman’s false allegations prompted a man-hunt for the alleged offender and a significant police investigation, costing thousands of dollars in time and resources.
In their efforts to alert the public as to the risks of further attacks in the area, the Victoria Police used the media to warn the public, and to appeal for help to finding the alleged offender.
The woman has since admitted to falsifying the allegations, and accepts has stated that she was sorry for lying. The woman is currently receiving counselling.
“I haven’t meant to upset anyone,” she said.
The woman claimed she was still the victim of a sexual assault, which occurred “somewhere else”.
Police from the Moorabbin sexual offences unit said the woman had made “full admissions” on Thursday night that she had lied to police.
Police were compiling a brief of evidence and were to determine whether the woman should be charged with making a false report.
Sgt Toogood said the Port Melbourne community needed to be informed the rapist did not exist. ”The offence reported on that date did not occur. There is no reason for the people of Port Melbourne to be apprehensive going about their business,” he said.
The woman claimed she had been grabbed by the throat from behind and dragged into an alcove on the St Joseph’s Church grounds on Rouse St, where she was raped between 8pm and 8.30pm on May 25.
Police said they hoped the false report would not discourage victims from coming forward for help.
Detective Sen-Constable Mark Feehan said: “Victoria Police encourages all victims of sexual assault to come forward so police can provide support, investigate and prosecute offenders.”
Centre Against Sexual Assault spokeswoman Carolyn Worth claimed that false allegations were still rare, and that they were a “tricky issue”.
“It makes everybody slightly wary when there is a similar allegation, which we cannot afford,” she said.
“We’ve spent a long time trying to get people to take sexual assault seriously.”
Link:
http://www.articlesaboutmen.com/2010/06/rape-allegation-was-false-police-claim-911/
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4 comments:
Why do journalists almost always include the opinion of some feminist from the sexual grievance industry in these stories?
"Centre Against Sexual Assault spokeswoman Carolyn Worth claimed that false allegations were still rare"
To me it would be like asking the opinion of some nazi skinhead every time there was a story about a black person.
Anon, that made me laugh out loud. Great.
The sad part is, these people are viewed as impartial.
Rape hysteria was the main tool for "Empowerment" of the Klu-Klux-Klan.
Rape hsyteria is now the main tool for the "Empowerment" of the Gender / Raunch community.
It is not by chance that you see most of the Gender / raunch community are white upper middle gay and lesbians..with very few minority males, and only a few iconic minority women pushed to the front of the line for any public photo opportunities.
"To me it would be like asking the opinion of some nazi skinhead every time there was a story about a black person."
Brilliantly put and absolutely spot-on.
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