Sueing 7 years after an attempted rape

clv101 said:
I think this is wrong. Sure, I have no sympathy for his crime, but he’s been convicted, sentenced etc. If someone commits a crime, a caught, due process applied, serves their sentence – that should be the end of it. One should have to worry about you victim of many years or even decades ago coming after you for whatever money you have been able to make subsequently.

Would this be any different if the rapist had served his time, gone on to be to totally law obeying citizen, started a company, 20 years later was a self made millionaire? Would be victim still be allowed access to his money? No way I’d say. The fact that he won it makes no difference.
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I agree with the above.

But if he was a half decent person, you would think he would have setup a fund for his past victims to be able to use if necessary to make up for what he did to them, unfortunately it appears that he is not.
 
atpbx said:
The law doesnt work and there is no justice.
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this is so true. take my car situation. i know its not the same, but i had to fork out to get the damage on my car sorted out. and now all i get is £5 (max) a month to pay back the £400 i have been awarded. the justice system is shocking
 
Tefal said:
well he is still allowed to buy a ticket and play other wise camalot wouldn't have paid out.
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Jesus wept, seriously.

I KNOW he did buy it - and they paid out, I am saying that when your in jail surely you SHOULDN'T be able to play?

I'm not debating the fact that he did do it and won, I am saying surely if you are in jail you aren't permitted to join in events in the outside world.

Rich
 
titchard said:
Jesus wept, seriously.

I KNOW he did buy it - and they paid out, I am saying that when your in jail surely you SHOULDN'T be able to play?

I'm not debating the fact that he did do it and won, I am saying surely if you are in jail you aren't permitted to join in events in the outside world.

Rich
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I thought the purpose of day release is that you are meant to take part in the outside world to help you get ready for release?
 
atpbx said:
And to those who say people should forgive and forget, I know a woman who was beaten and raped when she was 14, she is now 35, and still wakes up in the middle of the night crying, has nightmares at least a couple of times a week about it and cant talk about it without breaking down, its effected her working life, her personal life everything, for over 20 years.
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And a sum of money can fix this? :confused:
 
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peetee said:
ok, hows about someone with a big fat bank account goes and chops a footballers leg off because he plays for the wrong team.
said footballer now has lost his lively-hood and is depressed cos he cant play anymore, hes quality of life is degraded. Why shouldnt he get compensation?
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Because it's absolutely impossible to place a monetary value on something like that. He should receive as much money as necessary to pay for whatever treatment he needs, but that should be it, as anything more would be arbitrarily decided, and would not make his leg come back anyway.

Exactly the same goes for this case: no amount of money can make the victim feel at ease after rape, so money should not come into it. Even if money could compensate for it, how could you possibly work out how much money is 'required' for the victim to feel at ease again? Indeed, incidents like these simply don't translate into money, and cannot be righted by simply by transferring money from perpetrator to victim.

Compensation has no place in the law.
 
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Tefal said:
I thought the purpose of day release is that you are meant to take part in the outside world to help you get ready for release?
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He was on day release - I didn't know that bit, so it blurs the line slightly.

Apologise for being a bit snippy about it.

Rich
 
Regardless if or not the money is deserved, the problem is that she waited years after once he was out of prison. Suerly her stress of attempted rape would have been taken into account at the first trial, he was found guilty and did his time. I just don't get how you can punish someone twice for the same thing. In another few years what is to stop her getting some other form of attempted rape related problem and suing again. The guy was charged and found guilty. When the judged banged the hammer it was case closed.
 
azzerz said:
he isnt a rapist?

"attempted rape"

and if anything... that money should go to charity, nothing else other than him.
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charity, for rape victims tbh, that would be more suitable than compo, general help in day to day life trying to heal the wounds that rape causes.
Attempted rape can affect people as heavily as rape, due to the whole fear etc.
 
It's pretty obvios why she waited - as I've said a couple of times there's no point in suing someone with no money!

The man isn't being punished twice, he could have been found liable to pay her to the same extent if she elected to pursue a (albeit pointless) civil action at the time. Being convicted of a crime does not discharge your liability for damages in the civil court.

What's to stop her from getting some other form of attempted rape related problem is the term 'full and final settlement' in a civil action which prevents you from making a further claim relating to the same incident.
 
I happen to have some personal experience on this subject (I wont go into any details with who or what exactly happened) but money doesn't fix the psychological trauma. Bearing in mind this was "attempted", I'd say 6 years was enough.
 
Sic said:
Rape (and even attempted rape :/) is an abhorrent crime, and you deserve everything that comes to you for raping anyone (regardless of age) and you should never be allowed to forget, or be forgiven for it. If this is allowed then hopefully it'll act as more of a deterrent than the current punishments.
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I have to say I completely agree with that. You commit a crime like that and you deserve to have nothing left.
 
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