Chris wrote:
This yarn was discussed here in 2013 - and recall someone (Hedda I think) pointed out that the hotel wasn't built at the time in question.
I see one media story link here notes it as the "old" President Hotel as Chris recalled that the hotel had not been built in 1976. On the site page it has the year built as 1997. As to what the old hotel is about no idea except possibly another story change to cover up the glaring error of the hotel not existing at the time.
www.hotelsone.com/cape-town-hotels-za/pr...vDrNMCFYIEaAodJcYF7g
When I wrote my first two books reviewing the Max Clifford and Rolf Harris trials I was totally unaware that the police believed everything the complainant said. So I had expected basic facts to be checked. Well this is a typical example the basic fact of the hotel is not checked and cleared up by either the journalist or the police. (There well may be a legitimate previous President Hotel of the number of floors etc to match the story but somehow not referred to in that context so i doubt it.)
My assumption that police are there to investigate is clearly backed up in a programme three part series "The Detectives" where the discovery of a wall with teenagers scibbles were given a story that to this day has never been established.
Quote from Part one of "The Detectives"
"The ABC of being a detective is assume nothing, believe no-one, check everything.
But if you treat a rape victim like that, you've already gone horribly wrong.
And that's why it's a specialism."
The last comment is the lie bedded in sounding reasonable using the word treat. As in reality treat and the ABC given are two difference issues. A police officer can follow, as would be expected of a person performing their public duty, the ABC. And yet at the same time treat the complainant or victim with respect and concern. A correctly performed investigation following the detective's own rules (ABC) will ensure the best result for a victim as opposed to the believe everything they say which will and does corrupt an investigation.