UK: A Woman’s Fantasies End Rape Trial

Just saw this UK news article.  It seems now that a woman’s past fantasies as well as her “sexual behaviour” are enough to get rapists (or gang rapists in this case) of the hook.

Her just “entertaining the prospect of group sex” was enough for the defendants to be found not guilty, without bothering to look at any issues to do with actual consent.

And this was the judge’s decision to find the defendants not guilty, dismissing the woman as having no credibility without bothering with that whole jury bit.

Is it any wonder that this country has such a low conviction rate for rape (around 5%) if a woman’s complaint is pretty much always dismissed if there is any evidence that she has had a sexual thought in her life.

Its trials such as these that really make a mockery of the attempt to reform rape laws 7 years ago.  If a person giving any indication that they might want sex with the defendant is deemed enough to damage their credibility in court, then consent is effectively not required.