Posted on 09/16/2009 9:27:08 PM PDT by naturalman1975
A ONE-time neighbour of the alleged victim told the Herald Sun she suspected the father may have been abusing his daughter but kept quiet because "it wasn't anybody's business".
In a disturbing condemnation of a small country Victorian town, the neighbour said she became suspicious at least four years ago after the alleged rapist kept referring to a picture of a baby who died as an infant as "his little darling".
"I didn't go to anybody because it wasn't anybody's business," said the neighbour, who accused another neighbour who had encouraged the victim to complain to police of interfering in a private matter.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com.au ...
Can the neighbor be charged just on general principles?
creepy
What a little man
“Neighbour says it was not my business (that a man was raping his own daughter for 30 years)”
This is the sort of thinking that starkly separates Conservatives and Liberals; I think rape is something that I should try to stop. Libs - just lean back and enjoy it.
Similar here, in Victoria, Australia, where this happened but only a few groups of people are mandated reporters - police, doctors, nurses and teachers must report any suspicions they have. Nobody else is under any legal obligation to do so.
If you mean the neighbor he is a she.
Well, you need to know for sure. I could easily see a scenario where it’s all treated as some big misunderstanding and then the whistleblower earns the rep as the local nutty busybody.
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