Commuting and women

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Be careful on your commute!

Once again women are free to make spurious claims anonymously leaving the mans reputation suffering

Mark Pearson may not even have made physical contact with woman in her 60s on busy concourse - but CPS approved sex assault charge

The CCTV did not conclusively prove there was any form of physical contact between the two strangers, but it still led to the CPS presenting a case that the man was able to penetrate the actress, who is in her 60s.

Mr Pearson told the court: “I would have had to crouch down, put my hand up the woman’s skirt... penetrate her, take my hand out again... all while holding the newspaper and walking along the concourse.

[VectraMan]

In a three-day trial Mark Bagshaw, defending, said the allegation could not have taken place in the half-second time frame shown on CCTV, especially as Mr Pearson was carrying a newspaper in his left hand – the one he was alleged to have used in the assault – and holding his bag in his right.

Clever dick?

[fullyautomatix]

How did it even make it to the court ? At the first port of call, it should have been dismissed and she should have been laughed at for fantasizing impossible actions.

[LondonManc]

How did it even make it to the court ? At the first port of call, it should have been dismissed and she should have been laughed at for fantasizing impossible actions.

Stuff that, she should be charged with wasting police time and whatever else can be pinned on her. The problem is that it needs to be done in such a way as to not put off genuine victims from coming forward.

[Troll]

Stuff that, she should be charged with wasting police time and whatever else can be pinned on her. The problem is that it needs to be done in such a way as to not put off genuine victims from coming forward.

Think the CPS has an "agenda"

[vetran]

read this last night.

Her story does not tie up with the CCTV. She should have been questioned about that and the case kept out of court.

She may have been assaulted but not the way she said or by the chap that didn't have time or didn't run.

It was a waste of money and dreadful for the chap involved.

[fullyautomatix]

Well this all comes partly from the fact that all women think men are out to grab their ass at every given opportunity. That is not true, right ? Well except FLC.

[Gumbo Robot]

Think the CPS has an "agenda"

Alison Saunders

Another one of Bliar's common purpose placemen probably.

[MicrosoftBob]

Well this all comes partly from the fact that all women think men are out to grab their ass at every given opportunity. That is not true, right ? Well except FLC.

I don't think every woman has a donkey, we're not living in Borat territory

[seanraaron]

I suspect the "sufficient evidence" in this case was that the accuser was a "well-known actress." Given the circumstances I cannot see how anyone levelling an accusation like this would have been taken seriously, much less warrant tracking the guy down via his Oyster card.

I don't think this falls under a general criticism of "women making false accusations," but different levels of response being given to different classes of the public. In my experience women generally have a harder time being taken seriously by police when making any accusations.