Man admits to rape of a 12 year old

Sadly, given the current law and the fact that he's been named his life will probably already be ruined.
 
Sensible judgement given the circumstances but his life is already ruined and the rapist tag will follow him for years to come destroying every opportunity he may get in life.
 
She should've been charged with lying and him let go as innocent " The victim said she was 16 and her friend was 17. " , that's not 12 is it!
 
Neil79 said:
She should've been charged with lying and him let go as innocent " The victim said she was 16 and her friend was 17. " , that's not 12 is it!
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Don't take it too far mate. Charged with lying.....

Seems a fair decision. Not sure his life would be ruined by this, beyond the undoubted mental trauma. A rare but understandable 'crime'.

The statutory rape laws serve a purpose, though in exceptional cases, such as this, they aren't appropriate.
 
Boycey0211 said:
He'll probably still end up on the sex offenders register for a large amount of time if not life though, thats a life ruiner.
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Article doesnt say he was ordered to do so, so hopefully not.

Unfortunately as everyone has said, his name is in the open regardless.
 
kindai said:
Article doesnt say he was ordered to do so, so hopefully not.

Unfortunately as everyone has said, his name is in the open regardless.
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You're right it doesnt, also think that its pretty much thrown out in all cases except the fact that 'it was what it was'

Instead, she gave the first offender an absolute discharge at the High Court in Glasgow.
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The issue I have though is that younger girls can look a lot older, and as this case has shown, the judge, the police and everyone around genuinely had no reason to believe they weren't 16 and 17.

Even asking for ID isn't safe, as a good fake can fool even people trained to spot them, plus if youve come out of a bar/club which would have ID'ed on the way in, there would be no reason to suspect different.

This is one of those rare cases where statutory laws have put someone in a position they shouldn't be in and there hasn't been a benefit to anyone, individual or public.
 
It's actually amazing that sensible and reasonable judgements even make the news. Shows just how uncommon it is, and it is quite sad.
 
Kaeo said:
It's actually amazing that sensible and reasonable judgements even make the news. Shows just how uncommon it is, and it is quite sad.
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Unfortunately, by making this "Sensible and reasonable" judgement headline news, the poor bloke will be all over the interweb for the rest of his life.

Perhaps judgements like this, despite being essentially full exonerations, should also be coupled with lifetime anonymity orders.
 
a 12 year old girl out at 4 in the morning, how the **** have her parents/guardians not been charged with neglect? surely they have to shoulder a large degree of responsibility even if she is a lying wee tramp
 
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