“IT’S ruined my life”. Those were the words of a man cleared of raping a teenager after a night out in Poole.
Speaking to the Daily Echo after the verdict at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday (Sept 9), Nathaniel Jones, 30, said: “It’s ruined my life. I had my own business and my son taken away from me.
“I fell out with my business partner, I fell out with my ex-Mrs.
“I’ve had no drive, I’ve not slept well and not eaten well.”
This week a trial heard prosecutor Adam Feest tell the jury of seven women and five men that the 19-year-old complainant was out drinking with two female friends in Poole last November.
He said that, after visiting bars and a club, she accompanied Mr Jones, of Prosperous Street, back to his flat, where they drank wine.
She became unwell, being sick twice, and went to sleep in his bed.
She told police that she awoke in pain with Mr Jones having sex with her.
Defending, Iain Ross said the sex was consensual and that Mr Jones had got into bed with the complainant soon after she went in to go to sleep. Giving evidence, Mr Jones said the woman was a willing participant and “freaked out” afterwards.
Mr Ross said: “There was absolutely no problem as far as he was concerned with sharing his bed, that she was in.”
Speaking after the case, Mr Jones, who was supported by a group of friends in court, also attacked the legal system, which grants anonymity to women who make a rape accusation.
He added: “It’s not nice to have something like that hanging over your head for all that time.
“In America you can do the person for defamation of character but here you can’t, you have to take it on the chin.”
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Police Brutality in America -- U.S. Cited for Widespread Human Rights Abuses According to Amnesty International: "There is a widespread and persistent problem of police brutality across the USA." Ethnic and racial minorities--particularly young black and Hispanic males--are most frequently targeted, while the majority of police departments remain predominantly white. Young people, particularly minority youth, are seen by police as criminals because of the way they dress, because they frequent certain areas, or simply because of the color of their skin. Police officers and departments guilty of acts of brutality in most cases go unprosecuted and unpunished. Arrests and convictions of police officers for excessive force are extremely rare. While many cities pay out large sums to settle civil lawsuits, police departments and individual officers are rarely held accountable. View full text of the Amnesty International report at: http://www.rightsforall-usa.org/info/report/index.htm
FrontLine Investigation: The Plea Nearly 95 percent of all cases resulting in felony convictions never reach a jury, but instead are settled through plea bargains. The push to resolve cases through plea bargains jeopardizes the constitutional rights of defendants, who may be pressured to admit their guilt whether they are guilty or not. Those who refuse to "cut a deal" and maintain their innocence, insiders say, are often rewarded with extra-harsh prison sentences.
Oct 4, 2010 12:29:00 AM
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Arod99k - "Police Brutality in America -- U.S. Cited for Widespread Human Rights Abuses According to Amnesty International"
Oops! I was looking for THE FALSE RAPE SOCIETY, the site dedicated to the issue of crime of RAP E being falsely reported, and the harms done to the innocent victims of that particular crime.
Arod, I know you hate Law Enforcement with a passion. So, why not start your own blog to address your widespread issues with LE, and leave this site free to focus on the issue of false rape claims?
Making meaningless assertions that a 95% plea deal rate is emblematic of injustice just makes this site seem as if it's followers are a bunch of poorly-educated, shallow-thinking, tin-foil hat-wearing conspiracy theorists.
the reality is that a great many who take plea deals do so because they are guilty of a crime, and are looking to get a better deal. The defense attorneys who advise their clients to take plea offers aren't a bunch of idiots. They know that (and I know this will be a real shock to your prejudiced notions, Arod) some people DO COMMIT CRIMES, and that often there is ample evidence to convict those that have committed crimes.
I know of of defense attorneys who've tried every conceivable "angle" to try to get their clients off, so it isn't as if they are in cahoots with LE in some conspiracy to target men. I know of one public defender who, has recently taken to claiming prosecutorial misconduct any time she doesn't get a favorable ruling from the court, or has a client found guilty. It seems that allegations of misconduct are "a-dime-a-dozen", with most so preposterous that they are immediately rejected bu the court. So trying to harp on such flippant allegations as if they were actually a meaningful reflection of the way in which prosecutions are conducted is a "fools errand".
This radical idea of your's that most people accused of crimes are innocent victims of LE is going to ruin the credibility of this site, and harm the good work that it could otherwise achieve. The typical person who visits this site is intelligent enough to know that crimes really do happen - they're not all just inventions of LE - and that some people do commit crimes - including rape and sexual assault. Trying to convince them that LE is just making it all up isn't going to "sell" most casual observers on the importance of selectively dealing with one very real form of injustice - FRA's.
Again, I'd suggest you start you r own blog to address any and all issues with LE - especially those that are rather "far out".
It is mostly young men who are dealing with the false rape epidemic that is tearing young men up.
95% of the mob/klan/marchers that mobbed in front of the Duke lacrosse boys houses like (the KKK used to do),during the Duke lacrosse false rape case; calling for mob/klan justice against innocent Duke boys were from the Glbt Gender / Raunch community.
The glbt Gender / Raunch community can unite and attack like a klan, but if one was to even point that this mob is mostly gays and lesbians who are "Empowering" themselves from this klan-esqe mob rally, well than they would be labeled a bigot.
This is my Blog and I was here way before you, so go troll on some other site.
False Rape Accusers get away with their crimes because Law Enforcement turns a blind eye. Its like having a surgeon in the room and watching the patient bleed to death. I can only wonder how many more innocent men will take a plea deal because of a broken corrupt legal system.
I don't hate LE, my own brother is a Los Angeles County Sheriff, I have a deep respect for those who look for the truth. Unfortunately no one is looking for the truth, but rather we have a criminal justice system that rubber stamps criminal charges and false rape accusations.
Men are the ones dealing with the False Rape epidemic, all the while Prosecutors and police turn a blind eye.
Please put the Kool Aid down Slwerner.
S - "95% of the mob/klan/marchers that mobbed in front of the Duke lacrosse boys houses like (the KKK used to do),during the Duke lacrosse false rape case; calling for mob/klan justice against innocent Duke boys were from the Glbt Gender / Raunch community."
If you take a look at the pictures that were taken, you'll see that as many as half of the protesters were white college boys (likely maginas hoping that by protesting women might take a second look at them - as if...).
Even the infamous photo of a sign calling for their castration shows that it was being held by a sissy-looking white boy.
I don't dispute the pernicious influence of those who could be called the "raunch culture feminists"; but, let's be honest: The whole "rape is rampant/women never lie about it" hoax was perpetrated upon ALL of society. The belief in the "big lie" and all the unjust fallout that we've seen simply cannot be attributed to one group alone.
It wasn’t just feminists and LE take bought-in to the lies. Social conservative’s, imagining themselves as “law and order” types, were all too happy to jump on the bandwagon and declare men to be generally evil and predatory. Religious types followed right along. Even “average Joe’s”, absent reliable information, bought it.
Personally, I “did my part” during the early 80’s while in college by volunteering to be one of the white-knight’s on-call to (waste my time) go to where ever some gal wished to be escorted home from. I believed that they were vulnerable to the “danger” lurking everywhere, just waiting to catch one of them alone. There was no Internet, let alone quality information outlets like The False Rape Society to tell us the truth.
I fear that today’s college guy’s are every bit as clueless as I was back then. My 18 year-old son will become one of them next year. I’ve shown him countless stories documented here, and can only pray that the truth “takes” with him.
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