UK: False accuser gets slap on wrist
Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2018-06-13 23:37
Article here. Excerpt:
'A music festival-goer who wasted 200 hours of police time with false rape and kidnap claims has got off without punishment.
Marissa Cheeseman, 37, of Chatham, Kent, claimed she'd been abducted by two men when she was at Yorkshire's Whitby Folk Festival - but the allegations were completely made up.
Police slammed her actions after they dedicated 25 officers to the case - with some working their rest days to try and track down the phantom rapists.
Cheeseman admitted wasting police time but walked free from court on a conditional discharge, meaning she won't be punished unless she commits another offence.'
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A good reason for women-only music festivals
If no men attend a music festival, they can't be falsely-accused of rape.
The world is fucked.