Another FA sent to jail

[lonley place]

Is FA's prosecution becoming more common ? This is the 3rd I have read in the last two weeks
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...boyfriend.html LP

[whatsgoingon?]

It does seem like it, maybe it's just getting more media attention. In this case the fabrications are really wicked as they seem intended to really feed women's fears and media hysteria in order to sink the guy. I'm just adding the summing up from the BBC site andthe DC's comments which seem particularly pertinant and encouraging.

'Sentencing her, Judge Bernard Lever said that "mercifully" the man had been able to prove his innocence but he told Brandreth she "did not know that at the time you made this outrageous allegation against him".

He added that she had "caused vast distress to the victim and also cost £5,500 of taxpayers' money on totally unnecessary tests performed on you".

Det Con Chris Aunins said her claims "make a mockery of the experiences suffered by genuine victims".

"In investigating this false claim, officers wasted countless hours interviewing witnesses and on paperwork when they could have been dealing with a genuine emergency," he said.

"Not only that, but the man she alleged was responsible had to spend time in a custody cell, wrongly accused of an offence he did not commit."

"Unfairly, he has been put through a tremendous amount of stress when he is completely innocent." '

[Saffron]

I was just about to post this up too!
I notice that the judge said the victim was able "to prove his innocence".....what on earth happpened to "innocent until proven guilty?" What would have happened if he hadn't had that receipt proving he was elsewhere? He would probably have been charged. Poor sod.

[whatsgoingon?]

Thanks for pointing that out -I didn't even notice! I suppose it's being officialised , isn't that the pits ?

[Izzy]

I notice the Daily Mail carries a lot of these stories, there seems to have been a rise in them lately though.

You're right though Saffron, there doesn't seem to be any innocent till proven guilty in these cases, lucky for him that he could prove he was elsewhere.
Seems to be the only crime you have to try and prove your innocence rather than the other side prove your guilt.

I'm really glad she got jailed, would really like to know why on earth she did it in the first place.