Woman charged with perjury after false rape claim

Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2011-09-06 01:06

Article here. Excerpt:

'A 36-year-old woman is expected to appear in court next month after she laid false charges of rape against her former husband.

Police spokesperson Const Sergio Kock said the police were now investigating a case of perjury after the woman laid the rape charge against her ex-husband on August 10.

“Her ex-husband was arrested on the same day and spent seven days in prison for a crime he allegedly did not commit. On August 16, after excellent investigative questioning by police detectives, the female complainant admitted there was animosity between her and the ex-husband and this led to her laying the false rape charge,” said Kock.

Kock said the woman confessed that she had consensual sex with the husband and also admitted in the presence of the police that she lied under oath about the rape.'

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I like how he "allegedly" DIDN'T assault her. Don't you normally use allegedly when accusing someone of doing something, not of not doing something.

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Submitted by ItsDan on Tue, 2011-09-06 22:29

I was thinking the same thing. It seems, a man's innocence is what's alleged here, not his guilt. Far too often the media goes to great lengths to add "alleged" when speaking of a woman's crimes (which is why the accusations that she files a false claim, without the alleged, surprises me about this article) or a man's innocence. It is quite disturbing

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Submitted by Kratch on Wed, 2011-09-07 19:45