Posted on 12/18/2019 9:28:52 AM PST by Mount Athos
A former Oxford University medical student hugged his family after he was cleared of raping a woman who was 'eight or nine out of 10 drunk' and passed out at a party.
His family sobbed in relief from the public gallery and the shocked 27-year-old, wearing a striped shirt, was embraced by members of his emotional family and friends, all keen for hugs of congratulation.
The jury was told that the alleged rape victim had posted on a Facebook group, naming Mr McPaul as her rapist to almost 3,000 members, most of whom were anonymous strangers she did not know.
'I find it terrifying that he is going to be a doctor. He thinks it is okay to have sex with someone who is drunk/asleep, without a condom as well!'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I didn't see that anywhere in that article. Is that reported somewhere else?
In this article, she alleged that she was asleep or unconscious, but I didn't see that he had made a statement agreeing with that.
What part of “innocent until proven guilty” are you incapable of understanding?
What part of legal innocence and actual innocence are you not capable of understanding?
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