Rape trial told of text threats
A woman who claims she was raped by her ex-boyfriend has admitted she sent him threatening text messages the day before the alleged attack.
The woman accepted she sent messages to the accused that were "threatening, abusive and sinister" and included a reference to bullets.
The accused, a 29-year-old Mayo man, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to rape and sexual assault of the woman in Mayo on January 9 and January 10, 2009.
He has also denied two charges of assault causing harm to the woman and false imprisonment on the same dates. The trial continues.
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Society, government, and the courts are biased against men and grant women power over men. We are not equal. Why date or worse marry a woman in a western society?
Aharon
”Sorry, if these were the only facts available, the prosecutor should have put HER on trial”
Indeed.
The news account (http://www.herald.ie/news/rape-trial-told-of-text-threats-3033571.html) is surprisingly sparse for what would otherwise seem to be a very interesting news story (didn’t reports used to TRY to find interesting occurrences and give them more in-depth coverage?).
At the very least, simple logic would seem to require that the threats towards the accused man pre-dating the alleged crimes should have cast significant doubt upon the very existence of those alleged crimes. If one threatens another person, it would seem likely that the person making such threats might well fabricate events intended to cause problems for the person they had targeted with threats.
Of course, it’s possible that the accused is an irrational, hot-headed individual who, when threatened, responded by actually committing a crime in retaliation.
It’s just odd that if there were any evidence of this latter scenario, the reporter would have chosen to NOT include it in the news item. After all, the threats she had made were mentioned.
As it stands, the news account makes it appear as though the only evidence worthy of be reported on is that of her threatening behavior. Is that because it is, in fact, the only real evidence of any wrongdoing in that case?
Again, for emphasis, ”Sorry, if these were the only facts available, the prosecutor should have put HER on trial”.
If he really raped her then how does she have the guts to threaten him? Wouldn't she be utterly intimidated?
This implies that she is a liar.
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