Tuesday 29 June 2010

Lying About Rape: Special Down Under Edition

It seems the Aussie police have the same problems as ours do, with regards to mad women using the law as a club to beat random male strangers with.

Angry Exile notes this case of a lying female claiming sexual assault. And yes, when caught out, she falls back on the 'Oh, I'm mad, me! Pity me...' defence.
When contacted on Friday by the Sunday Herald Sun, the woman, who is receiving counselling, said she was sorry for lying.

"I haven't meant to upset anyone," she said.
Not really going the right way about that, are you?

Naturally, women campaigners are angry and calling for her head, saying that these false accusations are affecting innocent strangers and...

Oh, no, of course they aren't:
Centre Against Sexual Assault spokeswoman Carolyn Worth said false reports, while rare, were a "tricky issue".

"It makes everybody slightly wary when there is a similar allegation, which we cannot afford," she said.
Typically, her first thoughts are for how this'll fly in the news and how it'll affect her 'cause'...

3 comments:

C said...

From my local: http://tinyurl.com/2dqtqdv

I particularly liked this bit:

"She admitted she lied about the location, description of the assailant and some of the details of the alleged attack.

She maintained she had been raped but at another place, in different circumstances and by another perpetrator."

Sentenced to...
go see her doctor

/facepalm

Chuckles said...

Er, that post headline, might need a bit of work.
Read my lips and all that?

JuliaM said...

"...admitted she lied about the location, description of the assailant and some of the details of the alleged attack."

That doesn't leave much, does it!

"Er, that post headline, might need a bit of work."

;)