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Oxford student wrongly accused of rape endured two years of hell (tr)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk ^ | 5/17/18 | Martin Evans

Posted on 05/18/2018 3:44:18 PM PDT by BBell

Oxford student wrongly accused of rape endured two years of hell because police were too busy with Jimmy Savile cases

An Oxford University student spent two years on bail accused of rape because police claimed they were too busy dealing with other reports in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, a damning report has revealed.

Oliver Mears, 19, was accused of raping a woman at a house party in July 2015, but was not charged until June 2017.

Just days before he was due to stand trial in January this year, prosecutors announced they were dropping the case due to insufficient evidence.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has admitted the police and lawyers had made a string of blunders which had prolonged Mr Mears' ordeal.

Details of the failings have now been revealed after a letter of explanation sent to the trial judge was obtained through a Freedom of Information request.

In the letter a senior prosecutor explained that Mr Mears - who was studying Chemistry at St Hugh's College, Oxford - had been accused of rape in July 2015, but Surrey Police had not passed a file of evidence to the CPS, for a charging decision until May 2017.

The letter said: “Surrey Police have accepted that the investigation was protracted and subject to various delays.

"The delay in the investigation was as a result of the rapid rise in complaints being made to the Surrey Police force post Savile.”

A ‘rape specialist prosecutor’ then authorised the decision to charge, Mr Mears, weeks later on 21 June 2017.

After the case collapsed, the trial judge Jonathan Black at Guildford Crown Court, demanded an explanation as to what had gone wrong.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: education; oxford; police; rape; student
Always believe the victim in cases of rape accusations and racist accusation. We all know they would never lie or embellish.
1 posted on 05/18/2018 3:44:18 PM PDT by BBell
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To: BBell

Now the accused has missed part of his education; when he returns, he will be older than his classmates; and marked
as “accused of rape” for the rest of his life and career.

Wonderful. British justice is just as biased as our own.

Heaven help anyone caught up in it.


2 posted on 05/18/2018 3:51:01 PM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: CondorFlight

Apparently, Nifonging isn’t exclusive to this side of the pond.


3 posted on 05/18/2018 3:56:50 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: BBell

Sounds like the solution is to fire the ‘rape specialist prosecutor’.

Without looking, I’m guessing a feminist; better than even odds a lezbo.


4 posted on 05/18/2018 3:57:27 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: BBell

I guess “due process” doesn’t exist in Old Blighty!


5 posted on 05/18/2018 4:00:00 PM PDT by ssaftler (It's not the "deep state". It's the "odoriferous oligarchy")
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To: BBell

Unlike those peasants who worship royalty across the water, we have a Constitution that guarantees a speedy trial. They have basically nothing to protect their rights.


6 posted on 05/18/2018 4:03:37 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: BBell

And the name of the accused is always released. In cases like this one, the name of the accuser should be released. Fake rape allegations make it much more difficult for victims of real sexual assault.


7 posted on 05/18/2018 4:05:07 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Francis is a Nincompope.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

“Unlike those peasants who worship royalty across the water, we have a Constitution that guarantees a speedy trial.”

Except in some states, like North Carolina, where an inmate was jailed for 4 and a half years awaiting trial, and it was ruled not to be a violation of his right to a speedy trial, because it wasn’t a deliberate delay, the courts were just too crowded to get to his case...

(North Carolina was also the site of the infamous Duke lacrosse case... built around a crime that never happened.)


8 posted on 05/18/2018 4:09:57 PM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: CondorFlight

Well, at least our rights are written down somewhere :)


9 posted on 05/18/2018 4:11:23 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: CondorFlight
The college did not kick him out. He left on his own.

I imagine being stigmatized will do that.

10 posted on 05/18/2018 4:13:40 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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... we have a Constitution that guarantees a speedy trial.

Like what happened to the bikers at Twin Peaks in Waco? /s

11 posted on 05/18/2018 4:19:11 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: BBell

Like the mattress carrying whore.


12 posted on 05/18/2018 4:27:23 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: BBell
An Oxford University student spent two years on bail accused of rape because police claimed they were too busy dealing with other reports in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, a damning report has revealed.

That's a fine excuse after the British police turned a blind eye to Savile for decades.

13 posted on 05/18/2018 4:28:10 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: ssaftler

When it comes to women making accusations against men, nowhere has due process.

And it neds to damn well change and the liars need to be jailed for a sentence as long as the crime they are lying about.


14 posted on 05/18/2018 4:55:35 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BBell

I knew he was innocent as soon as I saw his name. :-)

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15 posted on 05/18/2018 4:57:39 PM PDT by Mears
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To: CondorFlight

“and it was ruled not to be a violation of his right to a speedy trial, because it wasn’t a deliberate delay”

Sounds like the Hillary ruling...no obstruction as there was no intent to obstruct.


16 posted on 05/18/2018 5:01:22 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: CondorFlight

Probably a reaction to Clinton raping female students and leaving country.


17 posted on 05/18/2018 7:55:03 PM PDT by keving (We the government)
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