Hannah Patenall was spared jail after she had five young men arrested on a false rape claim.
Patenall, then 17, had sex with three men, then called police and, using a fake name, claimed she had been forcibly raped. As a result, five men, ages 18 to 21, were arrested.
The police accepted Patenall's word over that of the five young men. They told detectives that Patenall had approached them in the street and offered them sex.
Two of the men spent 24 hours in police custody; three spent 13 hours, and all were asked to provide body fluid samples. They were released and on bail for five weeks.
It turns out the police arrested the men before reviewing the evidence. One of the men found a recording on his phone of his sexual encounter with Patenall which showed she had consented. In addition, police later examined CCTV footage and saw the girl walking with the men and with her arm around one and kissing one.
Despite the young men's ordeal of being falsely accused of a vile crime and wrongly incarcerated, despite the fact that Patenall apparently initiated the encounter that led to consensual sex with the young men, Judge Michael Kay had no sympathy for the young men. He said that although the five did not deserve what happened following their encounter with the girl, they were not "basking in glory" because of their "behaviour."
The Judge further made it clear that he considered Patenall not a free moral agent who was fully capable of deciding whether to engage in a wild, albeit stupid, sexual encounter, but, in fact, the real victim here: "You were plainly vulnerable, 17 at the time and these young men were quite prepared to take advantage of the unfortunate situation." (It is, of course, unclear what "unfortunate situation" the men were "tak[ing] advantage" of, since it appears she was the initiator.)
Her attorney told the court that she had mental health issues and was suffering from a personality disorder. Judge Kay described the case as having elements that were "sordid, sad and distressing."
As befitting Patenall's status as the real victim here, the judge spared her a custodial sentence. Patenall was given a 12-month sentence in a young offenders' institution suspended for two years and made the subject of a mental health treatment requirement for the next 18 months. She was also placed on supervision for 18 months.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-13545644
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The judge seems to have a personality disorder, too.
This is horrifying. And it's also why you should whip out that camera phone when some crazy person solicits sex from you.
(the judge)
He told Patenall: "You were plainly vulnerable, 17 at the time and these young men were quite prepared to take advantage of the unfortunate situation."
"Steven Evans, defending, told the court that the teenager had mental health issues and was suffering from a personality disorder."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-13545644
... so a person is plainly vulnerable at 17 (sarcasm on) yet at age 18 they are not vulnerable? girls mature faster than boys except when it is inconvenient not to be more mature. boys of course are ok to be in the military and die at age 17 -- quite a society we live in.
atlas
I believe the " misguided protectors", or "perverted protectors" need to be held accountable for their crimes against these young men. There will be a day when these "Perverted protectors" will be held accountable for their perversion.
This is sadly par for the course here in the UK.
At 16 you can have sex, buy cigarettes, join the army, cross the border to scotland and get married.
At 17 you can drive a vehicle up to 2500 kg
At 18 you get the vote, can buy alcohol, can see an adult film.
yet if a female is 17 and involved in any kind of sex case she will be constantly referred to as a "child"...
cross the border to scotland
Punishment enough, AMIRITE?!
Haha, sorry, had to do it.
Anyway, just another idiot judge. Nothing to see here.
... so a person is plainly vulnerable at 17 (sarcasm on) yet at age 18 they are not vulnerable? girls mature faster than boys except when it is inconvenient not to be more mature. boys of course are ok to be in the military and die at age 17 -- quite a society we live in.
Excellent summerization. Really puts things in perspective.
Hmm well if the judge believes she's inompetent than perhaps she shouldn't be permitted to drive or to vote when she turns 18 soon.
We may even want to consider all females as incompetent.
of course the judge is a complete idiot with no knowledge of the real world or he would know that this is typial female mating behaviour. Females will often mate with a number of men withing a short period (usually when they're ovulating) and the millions of sperm will fight it out and the most compatible wins.
I hear that there's a book out called Sperm Wars which I haven't read but I proposed this theory back in the 70's when I couldn't understand why there were so many sperm and after going through many scenarios and explanations.This comments' section is not the place to go into detail but I think it's important for people to be aware of certain things concerning female sexual behaviour that explains why females do what this girl did beause what appears like a group of men raping a girl may only be a female engaging in normal conduct.
If the men have not committed an offence, the judge has no business commenting on their behviour. who does he think he is the arbiter of all matters? A two-dime journalist?
Michael Steane
Hey, but at least the government is getting tough on "digital piracy." Nice to know we have our priorities straight!
http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/27/6732624-us-goes-on-offense-against-digital-piracy
Download Transformers 2 without permissions? Five yeras in prison!
Lie about rape? Zero years in prison! Yeah baby.
It is a perversion to not charge girls who say they have been raped, in order to get out of paying the cab fare.
It is a perversion to not charge girls who say they have been raped, because they were late for class in the morning.
It is a perversion to not charge girls who say they have been raped, because they were late getting home for their curfew at night.
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