Man cleared of kerb crawling because he is impotent.

Dredging this thread up from two days ago but it came up in work today with a colleague who had the same thing happen to him. Waiting in a car for someone near a train station (possible red light district?), a woman just got in the unlocked passenger side, sat down and asked if he 'wanted some business?'. He was completely freaked out and ordered her out of the car. He's an out gay man, so told it as an amusing 'she was definitely wasting her time with me' tale, but he expressed considerable sympathy for this guy. As OMG20 said, the girl had got out of his car, which is consistent with his story - which is far more plausible than the 'she kept my DNA for a decade even though DNA testing hadn't been invented' excuse.

I just wish they had included the womans statement in the articles because we don't even know whether or not she agreed with his version of events.

That is true thisyesterday but that doesn't make him innocent or guilty and wasn't why he got cleared so it shouldn't be the title of the thread.

Omg20, but he used the fact of his impotence as part of his defence.
that, IMO, is utterly irrelevant. As if you can only "use" a prostitute by penetration.

OMG20, entirely possible that he agreed a price etc through the window and then realised when she got in that she was extremely young and told her to get out. in the article he says she was about 15/16.

Heh. He didn't know that she was talking to him through his open passenger window.

Chinny.

This is starting to get really annoying people starting misleading threads like this he wasn't cleared because he was impotent he was cleared because there was no evidence and they could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was soliciting. Whether he is guilty or not that is another matter but there is no evidence and none of you were there you cannot know whether or not he was guilty.

"Bench Chairman Brian Collins said: ?We believe the accounts given by the police officers, however after taking into account all the evidence in this case we cannot be sure beyond all reasonable doubt there was a positive act of soliciting on the part of the defendant. We therefore record a verdict of not guilty."

Here is a more accurate account of the incident.

www.driffieldtoday.co.uk/news/local/mayor_not_guilty_of_kerb_crawl_charge_1_3182576

On a side note: The girl got into his car and then got out. Why would she do that? I thought to myself maybe they seen the police but then I found out that the police were undercover in plain clothes. So that seems to tie in with his story.

It's akin to the She kept my semen for a decade defense. I bet there's at least one jury member who thinks that's perfectly reasonable.

it is amazing, all these prostitutes who hop into men's cars for no good reason. You would think what with the high rate of assaults on prostitutes and their vulnerability once they're in the car, that they would only do it when they have to, wouldn't you? but no, it seems they regularly just get into random cars of men they have never seen before without even being invited.

HerBex the reason the DM never print your comments is because they know you are a bitter man-hating lesbian with hairy legs. oh, and a moustache.
This story is v similar to the one here in Mudway where the Tory councillor got nicked when the prostitute got in his car when he was lost. Still did the police re-education course and accepted the caution though. The local police just got an award fo'Safe Exit' anti-prostitution project. I thought Tory councillors supported the police....

just for fun:

Daily Mail perfected

they probably can't print 'of course he's guilty' for legal reasons tbh.

They never print my comments.

LOL I bet they won't print it

I just went there & left the comment 'What a pathetic excuse. Of course he's guilty - prostitutes don't just jump into people's cars at random'

hopefully that should burst a few Mail-reading blood vessels

Haven't read it, not going to, feeling the rage [anger]

BeerTricksPotter, yep I thought that "Mayor" mustn't have harmed his case either.

I'm also pissed off because he thought he'd better have a pizza as his wife wouldn't be home to prepare his tea! Aaagh!

As excuses go, it's on a par with 'I was holding the drugs for my mate'.

anyone watched/read South Riding? He ought to be a character in it!

Yet another example of people being willing to believe any sexual abuser as long as he's male.

This girl is a child ffs. And she was cautioned. FFS.

The comments below it - ffs