Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Sunderland footpath rape claim 'false'

Northumbria Police were investigating the alleged attack on the path overlooking Carley Hill Quarry, on Emsworth Road, on 29 December.

But have now said they are no longer investigating.

A police spokeswoman said: "Following an investigation it has now been established that no crime has been committed."

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wear-12104565


Notice that the December 31, 2010 story linked at the bottom of the page states, equivocally, that a rape occurred, starting with the title:

Woman raped on Sunderland footpath

A woman has been raped on a footpath in Sunderland.

The 23-year-old was attacked on the path overlooking Carley Hill Quarry, on Emsworth Road, between 1500 and 1600 GMT on 29 December.

Police said her attacker was white, in his late 40s or early 50s, with no front teeth.

He was wearing a black woollen hat and a red or orange waterproof jacket and had a grey dog with him which was not on a lead.

Acting Det Ch Insp Dave Willett, of Northumbria Police, said: "This was a nasty attack and a terrible ordeal for the young woman concerned.

"People will understandably be concerned but I would like to reassure them that we're doing everything we can to piece together what happened and catch the offender."

He appealed for anyone with information to contact police.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

OT- This Tory MP calls out feminists bigots: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12271765

Citing what he said were "trite generalisations" about male bankers causing the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent recession, he added: "Feminists are now amongst the most obnoxious bigots."

AfOR said...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1350133/100k-council-boss-Byron-Davies-accused-raping-drunken-colleague.html


FRA if ever there was one

Anonymous said...

OT- And a woman Israeli politician also sees the light! Incredible:

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/blasting-feminists-kadima-mk-appoints-herself-champion-of-men-s-rights-1.338021

On the issue of feminism, Shamalov Berkovich remarked: "Feminism hurts women. I don't want a single feminist thinking for a second she brought me to my high position of an MK. I didn't get anywhere I got because a feminist made me feel I can stand on my own. My husband, the respect my father gave my mother, brought me to understanding that a woman deserves everything and can get anywhere. Because there's a balance in this society, but that balance is being broken by the feminists." Without her husband, she stressed, she would not have advanced far in life. "I'd like to tell the feminists - dear friends, I'm ready to demand equal rights, but first let a man give birth. I want to be strong, to use what I have as a woman, my strength, my sensitivity. But without my husband I wouldn't have gotten anywhere."

Anonymous said...

Change of classification boosts Metro sex crime tally
Police department redefines 400 complaints

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110124/NEWS01/101240312/-1/MICRO0601/Change-classification-boosts-Metro-sex-crime-tally

Anonymous said...

Jan 25, 2011 3:15:00 AM

Like Cleveland, etc. most of those were cases where the alleged victim refused to cooperate after making a report.

Anyway, I object to the way that article was written,

"One woman woke up at a Nashville motel, groggy and in pain, to find an acquaintance pulling up her pants. Another was tossed out of a van. She told a passer-by she had been sexually assaulted."

as if they know those events actually occurred.

Anonymous said...

Hey wait a minute, I thought that women and girls NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER lie about rape???