Major wrote:https://news.sky.com/story/student-rape-case-dropped-as-police-admit-mistakes-11213723
Piers Morgan on Sky a little while ago.
Anonymity for the accused until conviction.
Usually the female has anonymity.
Anyone wilfully/wrongfully accusing someone should get the same jail sentence as the accused would have received.
The CPS and police should be held accountable for their prosecuting evidence or lack of it..
Wrecking lives of innocent males accused rape must stop.
I would agree with some small safeguards to prevent another Jimmy Saville - you will recall he was accused of rape many times but because it was in different jurisdictions and with different police forces the full story didn't come together until it was far, far too late.
So first any accusation of rape goes permanently on a national database, with a DNA sample in a database, and this is held in perpetuity and compared against DNA evidence for all previous and subsequent rapes.
Second the anonymity is subject to judicial review and if a senior judge decides it is in the public interest - such as for a serial rapist who has left little or no forensic evidence - it can be overturned
I absolutely agree that a wilful wrongful accusation should carry a prison sentence, it should also carry a lifetime on the sex offenders register and permanent disbarment from protected occupations.
Finally convicted rapists and false accusers must apply for a special visa to be allowed to travel out of the country, we don't want a horde of Gary Glitters descending on Goa. Thailand and where-ever else it is they set up shop blackening the name of decent British people.
Sound fair?