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[fighter]

Hi traumatisedrose,

Sorry to hear about this.. I havent been online here much lately. Big Hug to you and your kids. It is not the end of the world, although it feels like it; but as you said you are determined to fight it!! Thats right.. keep up that fighting spirit!I hope after the shock has worn off you can think and work towards an appeal.

Take care!

[gem]

hi traumatized rose
so sorry to hear of your hubbys terrible ordeal.
my son was also found guilty of rape by a girl who he never even had sex with.
he is serving 7 years. we too are going for appeal, like your trial it was a joke to stand and watch 12 members of the public not even interested in my sons innocence.
our defence team were terrible,we as a family are devastated i sit and wonder everyday why did this girl tell so many lies. how can she live with herself for ruining our lives.i have spent nearly 1 year gathering evidence to prove his innocence. believe me i have plenty. my son has 2 lovely girls too he not allowed to see.
time to fight back now and get that appeal going with a good defence team.don,t give up, get some help off doc as well you need to be strong for your children. if you want to know anything you can pm anytime xxx

[Faith]

I am glad that your husband is not tempted to admit to anything that he hasn't done. Ensure that if he plans to appeal (and from the sounds of it, you are going to try) that he does not undertake any therapy courses related to 'healing' his sexual behaviour as this will invalidate his right to appeal as he is declaring guilt.

Stay strong, this will take a lot of adjusting to. Has he been sentenced?

[lawlessone2009]

You need to sort out another legal team!

Appeals are not 'impossible'. The fight does not stop.

Depending on where you are, Rights Fighter and Chris may be able to help. I know for certain that she will be able to give you info about the appeals procedure, grounds for appeal and also who's most suited to handle the appeal.

You've far from lost yet. Keep on in there and have strength. Things may seem overpowering and completely hopeless but they are not. With every passing 'phase' more paperwork and information becomes available.

[J&PVTHW]

Hi tramatisedrose

I am mirroring the message i have just sent to you on my thread, be strong and keep fighting.

My heart goes out to you and your little ones, and thank you again for your kind support to me.

SS work in very strange ways, as you will see from my posts they have not once visited my daughter who has lived all her life with her brother BUT have stated to the police officer that if my son is allowed back into his family home they will be here flying. Well guess what, they will be getting a big fat complaint if they then decide to interviene.

Have you got a new solicitor for appeal?

Again, take care big hugs to you and your family xxxx

[gem]

hi rose
in our case my son got 7 years and my sons girls are not allowed to visit him or correspond with him in prison .. the ppu from the prison sent out some forms to girls to visit we all wanted my son to have contact with them .. he practically did everything for his eldest when him and his partner split up he had weekend access to her from her being 6 months old and was fantastic with her .. i rang them after they contacted social services regards to the forms. we are not allowed to take them to see him they cannot write to him and no photos of the girls .. why send out the bloody forms then.. sorry don,t want to build up your hopes only to be dashed don,t think it will happen it seems to be a blanket decision for all S offenders
really sorry xx

[Faith]

Good for you!!

[gem]

good the social services are at least listening to your needs. i think social services do have a lot of clout with these decisions.
and hopefully will put something fair into action on his release ..
you are doing the right thing seeking help. the 0ne thing i have learned from this nightmare is. put you and your family first every time. walk away from bigoted self centred, negative people.you don,t need them in your life draining your positivity away from you.
make a plan start the appeal process get fighting.....

[worriedfather]

Hi Rose
sorry that you are having such a hard time of it all, there is no justice at all. Would the judges summing up be grounds for appeal? when the judge summed up at my sons trial, he mentioned evidence that had been removed from the prosecution folde, we were told that if the judge misdirected the jury then it was grounds for appeal, common sense says that if the judge told the jury to ignore the fact that the accusers had been caught out in a lie then i would think that that would be grounds for appeal. RF would be able to confirm this, we had a judge who stopped the defence barrister every time he asked questions of plod or the accuser that might not support the accusers lies. Even the cps said that the judge was one sided

[Rights Fighter]

I'm trying to arrange a visit with my partner to talk about setting off an appeal. Had enough of crying and feeling hopless..time to get the boxing gloves on

So trial sols/barrister says there are no grounds for appeal? If so that doesn't mean that is true.

If you want to talk about this I'll add you as a contact and you can send me your landline number and we'll arrange an appointment to have a good long chat about this.

[Rights Fighter]

Done - you can PM me