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The Dominion Post
January 22, 2004
Justice in rape trials
Letter to
the Editor (Abridged)
by Peter Smith (Hastings)
At last you have exposed an issue of grave concern
to me and many other men. False rape complaints cost us all millions of
dollars a year and wasted police hours. False complainants make real victims
less likely to be believed.
I was taken to the Auckland
court in 1984 to defend a false rape allegation. No evidence was brought to
substantiate the claim and at trial, the police doctor could not confirm or
even prove that the complainant had sex with me on the evening in question.
I was found guilty and sentenced to 2 1/2 years in Paremoremo.
At the rate of 471 false complaints a year, where do those of us denied
justice go?
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