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'Wrongly accused need change in law'
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by liamssoft | January 15, 2007 at 01:07 pm
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A MAN from Northamptonshire who was falsely accused of rape has said a law which prevents his accuser's name being revealed has "failed" men like him.Warren Blackwell, of Woodford Halse, was wrongly found guilty of indecently assaulting a woman who turned out to be a serial rape hoaxer.
He served more than three years in jail. Since his release last year, he has campaigned against a law which keeps the woman's identity secret despite the fact she was not attacked.
Mr Blackwell presented his own report on Saturday's Today programme on Radio 4 during which he said the law's 1976 Sexual Offences Amendment Act was unfair to the accused in sex cases and would make it easier for a woman to make more false accusations.
''The Blackwell family are extremely well known in Towcester, and are highly respected, well liked and admired. They are hard working and highly intelligent. I agree with Warren 100%, the law needs changing.'' liamssoft
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at 02:18 on January 13th, 2009
Our legal system needs to be changed, when a women can now say that she was molested by her uncle, brother, cousin, or family friend, and put innocent men through hell just because she says so, surely we should learn from American law were they only have 5 years to come forth.
women are now coming forth and saying that they were molested 30 or 40 years early, just so that they can collect crime compensation.
we have seen so many men charged with these crimes and having to go through a trial and suffer financial hardship, all because these women go to a therapist and say that they were molested when they were young. what is wrong with our police force why cant see that they are being used and lied to by these women.
Why is that a women can not be interviewed by 2 police men, but a man can be interviewed by 2 female police officers.