UK: Teen jailed over false rape claim -- 'Troubled' young woman is jailed for 18 months

Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2010-07-12 02:41

Story here. Excerpt:

'A TEENAGER who made false claims she was raped by a stranger in Torquay has been sent to prison for 18 months.

Nikita Kirk, 18, of Godwell Road, Ivybridge, called 999 from a public phone box to say a man she did not know had attacked and raped her.

The stranger was arrested, put into custody and tested for blood.

Exeter Crown Court was told yesterday his 'horrific' ordeal lasted four days before Kirk admitted she made up the whole story.

Sentencing her, Judge Graham Cottle said Kirk had no mental health problems and was simply a compulsive 'attention seeker'.

The court was told that on February 10, Kirk called police to make a 'totally false' report that a man had attacked her.

To support her accusation, she caused injuries to herself.

She took police to an address which she claimed was connected to the attack and identified a man who she said had taken cocaine before raping her.

David Gittins, prosecutor, said the man strenuously denied any part in the attack and offered to take blood tests to prove he had not taken drugs despite a fear of needles.

Four days later Kirk told police the allegation had been false.

At a previous court hearing she admitted one count of perverting the course of justice.'

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They did not reveal the name of the victim. They reported the judges statements that the man she accused endured hell even though she recanted her fairy tale after just 4 days. That's progress.

The story of course still focused around making excuses for her actions by going on about her troubled childhood and whatnot and the sentence is pathetic considering not only the horror that she put an innocent man through, but she also violated her bail conditions and committed two new crimes while on bail. Shows how seriously she takes the justice system huh? She didn't even stop committing crimes even after being charged with a few and being released on bail. Sounds like a piece of crap to me and I have serious doubts that 18 months even if she serves every day of it will teach her any sort of lesson.

Also shows how serious men take being accused of rape that a man who is deathly afraid of needles will volunteer his blood to prove himself innocent of the allegations.

But at least the article did go on and on about how false accusations are rare and only really hurt real rape victims who will find themselves disbelieved as a result of some people making false rape allegations. Why is that important? Because obviously rape complainants are so believed that police automatically arrest anyone they point their finger at and do not even start investigation of the claim until AFTER the accused is behind bars facing charges. So some day soon I hope, people will stop believing that law enforcement does not take allegations of rape seriously. They already take them TO seriously by trampling on the accused rights by arresting him BEFORE they even start to investigate the accusations.

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Submitted by Paragon on Mon, 2010-07-12 20:34