JULIAN DALE - BARRISTER

ANATOMY OF A STITCH UP:

Set against a background of increasing pressure to gain convictions, many police officers fail to investigate fully for fear of finding inconvenient truths, which they will then have to pass to a defense team during the discovery process.

The fact is it is all too easy to put an innocent man behind bars where a blunderbuss serious of charges, often used in sexual assault cases, make it all but impossible to mount a defense with alibis for specific events claimed.

In most cases an allegation grows like a pyramid, once the system kicks in. Unfortunately, at each stage of the process, the allegation grows as it is passed from one person in the chain to another, each adding their own interpretation and filling in the blanks, so to speak.

Where an allegation has been made (which is often the case) by a young girl or boy who may find him or herself in an uncomfortable family situation, which could be a combination of loneliness, stress from school work, social stresses from friends, or lack of them, not feeling important or feeling ignored. Sometimes just being bored or mischievous, or simply bearing a grudge - the child will often pander to the attention they are suddenly receiving, and sometimes they are simply bunny boilers, out to ruin someone they feel abandoned by...... It's a win, win situation for the accuser, with no comeback at all if found to be lying!!! They can simply move onto the next target, or go about life as usual - since nobody knows who they are. Should there not be a register of accusers?

The policies of Labour's Harriet Harman, Minister of State for Women, are designed to raise conviction rates is sex related cases, regardless of evidence. This has resulted in many more appeals and innocent men being freed, having been convicted on little or no evidence. It begs belief that such cases are brought, considering the irreversible harm caused to the victim, in these case the person defendant.

In many cases (number unknown) innocent men are rotting in jail, since there is no appeal for them unless fresh evidence surfaces, which may only happen once a bunny boiler repeat offends. Otherwise, there is no justice for men. A point overlooked by Harriet in her rush to up statistics for voters.

		ALLEGATION
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TEACHER	-----	FRIENDS	----	SOCIAL WORKERS
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	CHILD PROTECTION UNIT
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2nd OFFICER		INVESTIGATING OFFICER		3rd OFFICER
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	PATIENTS DOCTOR	MEDICAL EXAMINATION	PSYCHOLOGIST
	FRIENDS	CPS WITNESSES	FAMILY
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		DEFENDANT
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	FRIENDS	DEFENSE WITNESSES	FAMILY
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		COURT
SOLICITOR	BARRISTER	JURY	BARRISTER	SOLICITOR
		JUDGE
		VERDICT
	JUSTICE	\|	INJUSTICE
		APPEAL

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