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Woman jailed for ten years for false rape accusations

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OlennasWimple · 24/08/2017 21:42

Can we discuss this case? It's interesting for lots of reasons, including that the sentence she has been given for making multiple false accusations is over three times the length that one of the men who was falsely accused was given for actual rape

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noeffingidea · 24/08/2017 21:56

Haven't read the sentencing report, but going on the information in the article I think the sentence is justified. She made allegations against 15 men, not just one. Potentially that could have lead to false imprisonment of 15 men.
Having said that, the investigating officers fucked up here. Surely they should have noticed a pattern before the number got so high.

DrDreReturns · 24/08/2017 21:55

One of the men allegedly wrongly accused of rape was later found guilty of rape? Where does it say that? Do you mean that the first person she accused was found guilty after a re trial?

annandale · 24/08/2017 21:53

No, the false convictions of rape resulted in prison sentences.

Given the number of accusations she made, the fraudulent claims for compensation, the multiple prison sentences served by innocent men and lives ruined, I can't say that I think this is disproportionate.

VestalVirgin · 24/08/2017 21:46

WTF? One of the men allegedly wrongly accused of rape was later found guilty of rape?

I strongly suspect he also did rape in this case. (didn't read the article, but the "it was consensual" excuse won't convince me here, he'd have to been on the other side of the planet at the alleged time of the rape so I'd believe him innocent.)

Sadly, I am not even surprised. That's patriarchy. Rape a woman, get five years, accuse a man of rape, get fifteen years.