Jack Tweed found not guilty of rape

[Ponders]

bbc

hmm. Did he just get the benefit of the doubt do you think - his word against hers?

Or "she knew what he's like when she chose to go back to his house"?

Will she now be named?

These cases are horrible - really hard to determine who's guilty - maybe we should adopt the Scottish Not Proven verdict.

That was all I'd read about it too, swc - that she went straight to the police & has kept her head down since.

Presumably he had an expensive barrister who would be better able to rip her (& her friends') testimonies to shreds

Or he didn't rape her.

yes, or that - I wasn't meaning that I assumed he was guilty (but I would hate to be on a jury in a case like this)

still ahrrid bit of low life scum

Oh absolutely 2shoes! Just not a lowlife scum rapist.

Blimey.

I guess innocent until proven guilty but some of the things I read about the behaviour of both men at the trial made me feel like it couldn't have been anything other than rape.

What happened to the other guy?

other guy acquitted too, DF

I have no particular liking for Tweed - in fact, I think he comes across as a bit of an arsehole - but I think it's a bit much that the Mail is describing him today as having had a "rape let-off." Errrr, no, he was found NOT GUILTY in a court of law! Whatever one thinks of that verdict, it stands. Calling him "let off" is a bit dodgy to say the least.