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What the mother believes happened should not be heard by the court because its prejudicial effect is considerable, while its probative value is nil.
I also read in the newspaper (well, the Guardian...) the account of events from the prosecutor. She asserted, perhaps even with a straight face, that the defendant raped the girl while she was holding a teddy bear, but then went on to give details of the "victim's" medical examination which showed that she had never had sex.
But why let such an inconvenient fact get in the way of a good headline?
I'm with Andrew all the way on this - very strange indeed; having been through a similar scenario of false allegations I can spot numerous clues that it comes from mistaken assumptions after subtle grooming by the false allegations industry, which is huge.