Rape trial falls apart after accuser’s 40,000 texts are revealed

New York Post ^ | December 16, 2017 | Victoria Craw

[Mr.Unique]

A student has described going through “mental torture” after a rape case against him was thrown out in court because police had failed to hand over more than 40,000 messages from his accuser.

Liam Allan, 22, faced up to ten years in jail charged with six counts of rape and six counts of sexual assault against a young woman over a 14-month period that began when he was 19.

The criminology student at Greenwich University had spent nearly two years on bail and three days in Croydon Crown Court when the trial was stopped in a dramatic fashion after it emerged police officers had failed to hand over evidence that proved his innocence.

The alleged victim had claimed she did not enjoy sex, while Mr Allan claimed it was consensual and she was acting maliciously because he refused to see her after he returned to university.

Now, the judge has called for an inquiry at the “very highest level” to understand why police failed to hand over critical evidence including 40,000 messages from the accuser to Mr Allan and friends.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I do not know if prosecutors have immunity in the UK, however, private attorneys often act as prosecutors. It’s like public defenders in the U.S., mostly public officials, but an indigent defendant may be assigned a private attorney in the U.S. In the U.K. any attorney admitted to practice can be called upon to prosecute.* Some lawyers may prosecute as many cases as they defend.

It is my impression - though I cannot prove it - that British prosecutors are more committed to justice, they are not necessarily career prosecutors, and do not make their bones by taking as many scalps as possible.

*Rumpole never prosecutes.

[lepton]

I think I read here a few days ago:

Teen girls average about 4400 texts a month, and teen boys about 2500. This is about 2850/month.

[Rusty0604]

Some prosecutors take advantage of that too.I remember one guy that sent several innocent men to death row before he was exposed. One man had already been executed but the rest of them were exonerated.

[A strike]

The Crown Prosecution Services are verging on Mueller Mafia integrity.

[NorthstarMom]

Exactly what I was thinking. I hope to convince my sons of this.

[sdthree]

Clear violation of the Brady doctrine. Prosecutorial misconduct

[Songcraft]

I wonder what Hillareefer's missing 30,000 emails said...

[Drew68]

Just another reason for young men and young women to not engage in intercourses outside of the bonds of marriage

Intercourses? Is that what the kids call it these days? I can never keep up.

[Publius]

They call is “boning.”

[Osage Orange]

Yes....I’ve seen that video before....it’s very funny..and true.

[JohnyBoy]

If someone doesn’t fight back and scream, isn’t threatened with a deadly weapon or isn’t drugged then it’s not rape. Any lesser standard is just going to result in endless false accusations.

[cpdiii]

Having sex with a crazy woman is never a good idea, as this man learned.

The real problem is you do not always know they are crazy until later!

[cpdiii]

I'm racked with guilt if I inadvertently do something to hurt someone else. How do you deliberately sit on evidence so someone's life is utterly destroyed, particularly when you're in "law enforcement"?

The answer is quite simple. In court both sides want to hide the truth from the jury. Ironic is it not, that the court is supposed to be the place truth is revealed and justice prevails. Sometimes it happens but this is not the rule of normal.

ps
Called for jury duty once. The defense struck me due to the fact I had a background in science and medical. They did not want a logical thinker.

[Chickensoup]

No, split tail. An even more protected species today, than the muslims

____________________

Moslim woman of course is what I meant.

[SomeCallMeTim]

I made my two sons watch this year’s ago. Best parenting move I ever made.

My hot/crazy Italian wife approved.

[fr_freak]

Having sex with a crazy woman is never a good idea, as this man learned.

Trust me - there are plenty of people, women especially, who can hide the crazy enough to fool people for weeks, months or even years.

[iowamark]

If you read the article, you see that she was sending him many thousands of text messages about her rape fantasies. Not hiding the crazy.

[SaraJohnson]

Thank God.

[fr_freak]

If you read the article, you see that she was sending him many thousands of text messages about her rape fantasies. Not hiding the crazy.

Read the article? You must be new here.

But seriously, the article is a little vague about the sequence of events. He is accused of assaults over a 14 month period, and the article never says if she sent any of those emails before the first encounter, or if they were all during the course of the 14 months after the first encounter, or if they were all after the 14 months. So, this could easily be a scenario where she appeared normal the first time, then inundated him with the emails during the 14 months afterward, to where he became increasingly uncomfortable with the situation and finally decided to end it, at which time she cried rape.