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No Quarter

But wouldn't she have input into the CCTV footage? Would she not just say "uh no that's not the incident"? Not trying to say the police are not the ones that should be held accountable, because in the end it is their decision, but I'm not sure she can just just wash her hands of the whole process.

taniwharugby

yeah you'd have to think when she went to them and lay the complaint when it came time to review the CCTV footage she has watched it too and you'd hope someone said, "are you sure, it doesnt look like anything happened there, maybe it wasnt that moment?"

jegga

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But wouldn't she have input into the CCTV footage? Would she not just say "uh no that's not the incident"? Not trying to say the police are not the ones that should he held accountable, because in the end it is their decision, but I'm not sure she can just just wash her hands of the whole process.</blockquote>
 
Agreed , she must surely have had some input into the investigation . Whoever decided there was enough there to go to trial should be held accountable, I reckon it'd be interesting to look into her past and see if she is a loon with a history of similar complaints .

JC

It's not clear how much input she had. My interpretation of the article in the Telegraph attached is that she made a complaint about being assaulted by a bald man. She apparently wasn't able to pick him out of a line-up. Doesn't that suggest she only knew it was "someone" but who that someone was was a decision the police came to and the CPS ran with? 
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/12146351/No-one-is-safe-from-prosecutors-terrifying-incompetence-on-sex-crimes.html'>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/12146351/No-one-is-safe-from-prosecutors-terrifying-incompetence-on-sex-crimes.html</a>


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The Crown Prosecution Service has taken leave of its senses. That is no longer beyond all reasonable doubt. 
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More and more people are now asking if the body charged with prosecuting offenders for their crimes is up to the job following the latest debacle over innocent men falsely accused of sexual assault. 
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This latest failure is not about the high profile cases involving former Cabinet Ministers, senior military men and celebrities whose lives and reputations are trashed in public but who at least have the opportunity to fight back in the media spotlight. 
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This is about the far more sinister cases that donâ€™t make the front pages. This is about the men who arenâ€™t rich and famous enough to get to tell their side of the story except to a jury. 
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It is a 21st century cautionary tale because what happened to him could happen to anyone at any time. 
The man in question is Mark Pearson, a 51-year-old artist and cabinet maker. We know who he is, his age, his occupation and the town where he lives. We even know what he looks like. 
We know all this because <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/12144963/Commuter-who-walked-past-actress-at-Waterloo-station-cleared-of-bizarre-sex-assault-claim.html'>Mark Pearson was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at Waterloo train station on his commute home from work.</a> This made him an alleged sex offender and we all know what that means, donâ€™t we, nudge, nudge? No smoke without fire, eh? 
Mr Pearson seen with his right hand on his bag strap on CCTV footage recorded at Waterloo Underground Station at 18:40:24 
His alleged victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is apparently a famous, award-winning actress in her sixties. But her name will never be in the public domain unless she so chooses. Lucky her. 
The actress told the police and the CPS that, during an evening rush hour at Waterloo station in December 2014, a man later identified as Mr Pearson came up to her, smashed down on her shoulder and then pushed his hand up her dress and sexually assaulted her with this fingers before running away when she shouted for help. 
A shocking accusation, I think we can all agree. And certainly one that the police should take seriously and investigate to the full extent of their abilities. 
Which is precisely what they did, checking the CCTV cameras at the station to identify a bald man carrying a bag on his shoulder and a newspaper in his hand walking through the station and passing the alleged assault victim. 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/12146274/Prosecutors-slowed-down-CCTV-in-case-of-commuter-cleared-of-bizarre-sex-assault-on-actress.html'>The only problem was that the CCTV footage showed no assault at all</a>. On the contrary, it showed Mark Pearson walking through the station minding his own business, his hands clearly visible at all times, the right one clutching his shoulder bag strap, his left hand â€“ the one he is supposed to have thrust up the actressâ€™s dress â€“ clearly holding a newspaper. 
He did pass by the alleged victim but â€“ as the footage makes abundantly clear â€“ only for a split second. He also did not break his stride or start running, as she claimed. Mr Pearson seen passing the woman on CCTV footage recorded at Waterloo Underground Station at 18:40:25 
There were no witnesses, no forensic evidence and his accuser also failed to pick Mr Pearson out in a police line-up. 
At this point in the investigation, what would you have done? Yes, exactly. 
It was blatantly clear at this point that either the police had got the wrong man or that the alleged victim was wrong, confused or just plain lying about the assault. 
Yet, without a single shred of evidence, the police decided to charge Mr Pearson with a serious sexual assault and the Crown Prosecution Service took the case to court. 
Thus began what Mr Pearson has called a year-long "Kafkaesque nightmare" to clear his name. 
Not surprisingly, after the ordeal of a three day trial, the jury at Blackfriars Crown Court took just 90 minutes to clear Mr Pearson of the charge of â€œsexual assault by penetrationâ€. Indeed, you have to wonder why they needed more than five minutes to come to that conclusion. 
As Mr Pearson told the court: â€œI would have had to crouch down, put my hand up the womanâ€™s skirt... penetrate her, take my hand out again... all while holding the newspaper and walking along the concourse. Itâ€™s preposterous. I did nothing. One of the many frightening aspects is that this could have happened to anyone.â€ 
Mr Pearson had passed by the alleged victim by 18:40:26
The CPS, in mind-boggling defiance, continues to insist there was â€œsufficient evidenceâ€ for this case to go to trial despite all the evidence to the contrary. 
There is undoubtedly enormous political pressure on the CPS to bring more prosecutions against sex offenders, and specifically more successful prosecutions. Yet, despite more than 5,000 extra rape prosecutions being brought in 2014, the CPS won only 77 extra convictions. 
Again and again we hear of cases coming to court on the flimsiest of grounds when anyone, after a cursory glance at the facts, could see there would be no chance of conviction. 
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, must realise that she is not doing sexual assault victims any favours by bringing cases like Mr Pearsonâ€™s to court. 
Victims of rape and sexual assault want sex attackers to be brought to justice, not the pointless persecution of innocent men who just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. 
The question must be asked: is the CPS still fit for purpose? 
Even on its own absurdly low threshold for evidence, it is abundantly clear that the Crown Prosecution Service is guilty as charged. 
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Siam

Can't believe it went so far regardless of the woman's input
 
What you got there
 
Some creep groped this woman
 
Yuck, let's get him. You got CCTV evidence
 
Yeah, look at this
 
What?
 
This
 
That?
 
Yeah we think it's him as he walks past her......
 
 
Oh lordy bang to rights!! It's so blatant lets go with it and get all the adulation from the press and the courts and everyone that we will keep ALL members of the public safe - well done team!!
 
Yeah boss, it should help our public perception issues that we're red tape swathed PC twats who only go for easy collars
 
 
Baffling all round
 
sorry I didn't read the article and have just parodied the same message

taniwharugby

wasnt sure where to put this piece of gold!
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/anti-vaxxer-fights-for-exemption-from-swimming-between-the-flags/'>http://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/anti-vaxxer-fights-for-exemption-from-swimming-between-the-flags/</a>
 
they needed a more, er, stereo-typical looking lass for the pics....
 
 
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<div>Anti-Vaxxer Fights For Exemption From Swimming Between The Flags
"Those red and yellow flags are nothing but symbols of oppression"
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14 April, 2015. 12:15
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/peta-hires-former-kodak-directors-to-guide-organisation-further-into-irrelevance/editor@betootaadvocate.com'>editor@betootaadvocate.com</a>
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Magnolia and one of her daughters swim in an unpatrolled beach near Byron
 
Magnolia Smithers, a young mother of two from Lismore, says she is proud to be chosen as the voice and face of the Anti-Vaccination movement Anti-Vaxxers Organise (AVO).
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â€œVaccinations are just another government ploy to keep archaic pharmaceutical companies rich and keep us just sick enough to live with their help, but everyone already knows that,â€
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â€œThere are plenty of other government agendas that we are fighting against as well,â€ says the passionate mother of two, who goes on to tell The Advocate that her children are being threatened by much more than an age-old societal pressure to have needles jabbed in their arms.
Magnolia says despite the fact that both her and her husband are unable to work, due to the outsourcing of jobs in her local area, she has managed to raise two healthy children without a consistent income andwithout vaccinations.
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Magnoliaâ€™s youngest, Aquila , plays in the sand without fear of getting autism from state-sanctioned injections
 
â€œThe hide our Government must have to suggest that we should spend our welfare benefits on vaccinations,â€
â€œI am going to love both my kids unconditionally, but it would be such a shame for them to both suffer from state-sanctioned autism. I want them to be able to live a happy independent life, like me,â€
However Magnolia and her husband, Banjo, have taken things a step further.
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Magnolia and her child play on an unpatrolled beach
â€œFirst it was fluoride in the water, then it was the mandatory vaccinationsâ€¦ But everyone seems to forget about the Life Savers,â€
Magnolia believes that the idea of â€œpatrolledâ€ beaches are a perfect example of an intrusive government asserting unnecessary control over the people.
â€œIt should be a communities choice whether or not their children are patrolled by trained professionals. I demand my rights as a citizen to have the choice,â€
â€œPatrolled beaches are the next on the list for Anti-Vaxxers Organise. Sure, itâ€™s got nothing to do with vaccinationsâ€¦ but it has a lot to do with freedom.
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â€œThose red and yellow flags are nothing but symbols of oppression.â€
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The red and yellow Life Saver flags have tricked thousands into oppression says Magnolia
However, Magnolia and Banjoâ€™s neighbours have spoken out against the peculiar movement. Including local surfer, Bob Rourke.
â€œThat loudmouth bitch has no fucking clue. They have saved over fifty kids from drowning this year alone,â€
â€œWhat the fuck is she talking about?! Itâ€™s a volunteer organisation. There is absolutely no input from the government,â€
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â€œHer and her lazy fucking husband need to get jobs and shut the fuck up.â€
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jegga

I.....don't.......know.......where.....to......start......

booboo

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I.....don't.......know.......where.....to......start......</blockquote>
 
Errr .. jeg ... it IS a pisstake

MN5

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Errr .. jeg ... it IS a pisstake
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Anti vax chicks are mingas, not cute ones like that. Dead giveaway.

jegga

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="561267" data-time="1456537584">Errr .. jeg ... it IS a pisstake</blockquote>
 
I get that. I had a munter give me an anti fluoride leaflet the other day, basically the leaflet shrieked all kinds of awful shit from fluoride but as evidence produced a photo of a young guy who died of bone cancer that "might" have come from fluoride . 
Between that kind of wilful dishonesty and reading Wingers posts on planet rugby about the meningitis vaccine nothing would surprise me with these mouth breathers.

jegga

<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/pregnancy/birth/77457449/how-masturbating-can-help-you-during-childbirth'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/pregnancy/birth/77457449/how-masturbating-can-help-you-during-childbirth</a>
 
This must be a hoax? The comments are gold.

NTA

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wasnt sure where to put this piece of gold!
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/anti-vaxxer-fights-for-exemption-from-swimming-between-the-flags/'>http://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/anti-vaxxer-fights-for-exemption-from-swimming-between-the-flags/</a>
 
they needed a more, er, stereo-typical looking lass for the pics....
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Do yourself a favour and follow <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.betootaadvocate.com/'>http://www.betootaadvocate.com/</a> on social media. Pretty much everything they do is LOL funny. 
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.betootaadvocate.com/headlines/90-of-local-baby-boomers-social-media-activity-based-around-calling-people-bludgers/'>http://www.betootaadvocate.com/headlines/90-of-local-baby-boomers-social-media-activity-based-around-calling-people-bludgers/</a>

90% Of Local Baby Boomerâ€™s Social Media Activity Based Around Calling People â€œBludgersâ€

"I already owned three houses by the first time I got divorced. All it takes is a bit of elbow grease!"
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JC

Woman eats sandwich apparently. Huge news. Huge.
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3475970/Amy-Schumer-wolfs-ham-sandwich-takes-shoots-hit-New-York-posts-emotional-TBT-video-day.html'>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3475970/Amy-Schumer-wolfs-ham-sandwich-takes-shoots-hit-New-York-posts-emotional-TBT-video-day.html</a>

jegga

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Woman eats sandwich apparently. Huge news. Huge. <a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3475970/Amy-Schumer-wolfs-ham-sandwich-takes-shoots-hit-New-York-posts-emotional-TBT-video-day.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3475970/Amy-Schumer-wolfs-ham-sandwich-takes-shoots-hit-New-York-posts-emotional-TBT-video-day.html</a></blockquote>
 
Whoah! 
Two cars were stuck on a beach yesterday <a class="bbc_url" href="http://i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/77577247/two-cars-stuck-in-mudflats-in-waterview-auckland">http://i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/77577247/two-cars-stuck-in-mudflats-in-waterview-auckland</a>

taniwharugby

My sons hat fell off in the sea yesterday, he wasn't happy cos it was his fave, luckily someone dived down to retrieve it.

jegga

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My sons hat fell off in the sea yesterday, he wasn't happy cos it was his fave, luckily someone dived down to retrieve it.</blockquote>
 
Gutted to see stuff bumped that compelling tale for this <a class="bbc_url" href="http://i.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/little-kids/77580695/Little-girls-sinus-infection-was-actually-a-safety-pin-stuck-up-her-nose">http://i.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/little-kids/77580695/Little-girls-sinus-infection-was-actually-a-safety-pin-stuck-up-her-nose</a>

taniwharugby

And yet this is news too... 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11600782'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11600782</a>

jegga

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And yet this is news too... <a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11600782">http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11600782</a></blockquote>
 
Is saying you're a porn addict another way of saying you're addicted to fapping ?

Nepia

WTF! That is the stupidest non news article I've ever read. What on earth is Willis' thinking? Does he have a book to sell?
 
His missus looks pretty hot, of course he'd watch less porn after hooking up with her.

jegga

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Nepia" data-cid="562794" data-time="1457215548">WTF! That is the stupidest non news article I've ever read. What on earth is Willis' thinking? Does he have a book to sell? 
 
His missus looks pretty hot, of course he'd watch less porn after hooking up with her.</blockquote>
 
Not sure about a book but he said he was still choking the chicken at a furious rate while in a relationship with her , why the hell you'd tell everyone that is a mystery. 
Terry Crews said much the same a week or back , as cracked pointed out his biceps are likely to shrink to normal size now unless he finds another workout to pick up the slack.

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