A television actor has been charged with the rape of a teenage boy. The star, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly attacked the 14-year-old at a theatre in the London area.Is it because they think they've got all the victims already?
He is also accused of three other sex attacks and an "assault by beating" at a London school, Scotland Yard said.Or is it because, if the 'Mail' is correct, the actor in question is only 17 himself?
But if so....doesn't that totally invalidate the crazy feminist's objection? Why should the age matter if the lack of anonymity is purely to encourage further victims?
I guess we might know in November, when he appears at court. They'll have to name him then, won't they?
No, they won't *have* to name him then if the judge orders that he not be named.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be to protect the identity of the victim.
ReplyDeleteIt's already on the Daily Mail site that the "actor" in question is some scrote from Eastenders.
ReplyDeleteRumours surfacing here
ReplyDeletehttp://www.twitmunin.com/en/921336/eastenders-star-joshua-pascoe-arrested-in-connection-with-alleged-sexual-assault/
and elsewhere. Take them as seriously as you like.
I've been in a few courts (for work not as a customer) in my time and it is beyond time that we bring back the presumption of anonymity for both rape victims and defendants. There could and should however be legal means to waive the anonymity of the defendant if there were multiple rapes where there may be hidden victims.
ReplyDeleteIt can't be Joshua Pascoe - he's already been named back in May:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.metro.co.uk/news/900265-eastenders-joshua-pascoe-arrested-for-alleged-sexual-assault-connection
There's be no need not to name him again, surely?
There’s a difference between being arrested and being charged, this person has been charged now. And I think it is him. Too many things point to it being him.
ReplyDeleteIf that's the clown in question, he doesn't look up to beating a wet puppy. Ah well, if he goes down, he'll be able to show his hard man act to the lads in Pentonville.
ReplyDeletePretty disgusting stuff which defies reading in its entirety. Yorkshire news is far more wholesome....I may consume a token piece of bacon whilst watching archive footage of Dixon of Dock Green, this evening.
ReplyDeleteWell done MTG, once again your sad obsession rises like vomit from a drunk northern slapper on a night oot!
ReplyDeleteWhat is it with 'Stenders actors -they can't all be scuzz surely? I'm waiting for the next instalment of Leslie 'German Taxi Driver Murderer' Grantham 'news'. Sleazy cunt!
ReplyDeletehttp://chris-ukorg.org/joshua-pascoe-sutton-2/
ReplyDeleteTo some extent, it is a civilised act to protect the name of a 'minor', whether a victim or suspected offender, until the offence has been proved. A colleague of mine was accused of a sexual assault, was named in the local paper, had his house attacked, his car burnt and his children attacked at school. It eventually transpired that the accuser was a deranged mental health patient who had previously made claims that she had been raped by, amongst others, Elvis Presley, Englebert Humperdink and the manager of the local ice rink (whose name escapes me for the moment). No apologies from the press, from the people who attacked his house or his children or burnt his car. Oh, Hum, life goes on.! Unless anyone is charged with an offence and found guilty, their identity should be withheld and anyone revealing it found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to a fairly large prison sentence. But then I'm biased. I gave him the money to buy a new car, so he could move his family to another town!
ReplyDeletePenseivat
Gosh darn'it, them Paedos are getting younger every day.
ReplyDelete"...and it is beyond time that we bring back the presumption of anonymity for both rape victims and defendants."
ReplyDeleteIt was a campaign promise. And lasted as long as they usually do. :/
"What is it with 'Stenders actors -they can't all be scuzz surely?"
I guess actors no longer act..
"To some extent, it is a civilised act to protect the name of a 'minor', whether a victim or suspected offender, until the offence has been proved."
Agreed, but the feminist whackjobs won't have it.
There is no obligation upon the court to maintain anonymity after conviction, and that is of either the victim or offender, unless the victim is a child. The court can order that the name is divulged.
ReplyDeleteIn circumstances where the victim and offender are closely related the offender/s name/s may be concealed because revealing the offender/s name/s would reveal that of the victim by association.
This has been so for decades.
John.