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Allegations
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I
write in relation to the case of Dr John Edgar, the former school teacher who
was recently acquitted of charges of indecent assault. If
the charges were indeed false as the court has found, what is going to happen
to those who laid them? Surely to allow false charges to go unpunished is to
encourage false charges to be made? If,
for example, those bearing false witness received the penalty that would have
come to the falsely accused person if they had been found guilty, that I'm
sure would be a severe deterrent to false charges being made. Alternatively,
they could be required to cover all costs and losses incurred by the innocent
person through the false charges being brought. As
it is, if they get off scot-free, people who would lay such charges either
for a laugh or out of malicious motive have been given every encouragement. |
