mercredi 12 février 2020

Rape, consent and a lesbian

A local man was sentenced recently for 10 years for raping a woman on the beach at Cleethorpes. One part of the prosecution's case was that a lesbian would not have given consent to sex with any man.

I firmly believe that motive is irrelevant when it comes to any prosecution and I feel uneasy when a narrative is created to explain the facts. I also do wonder at the jury's ability to discern fact from this narrative. Looking to motive is fine, in my view, when trying to narrow down a list of possible suspects but ought not play any part in deciding guilt. People do strange things for a multitude of reasons.

Is Mohammed Uddin guilty? I don't know. He doesn't actually have to explain his innocence.

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