That is shocking.

Typical of the state to pick on someone poor and young and then frame him.

How can Police sleep at night or the parents of those kids that came forward and lied ?

We sure live with evil in this world.

Unfortunately this is a typical example of how several wrongful convictions occur. In 1994 when trawling operations were in full swing, one care worker I know was convicted under very similar circumstances. Evidence against him was no existant, but strong evidence against him was witheld from the jury by his own barrister who seemed to just want to go through the motions and free himself from the case at the earliest opportunity. The barrister even denied the care worker the chance to appeal, effectively shutting all legal doors against him. One of the alleged victims mothers has since made a statement that she found evidence that her daughter lied and she now "knows" he did not abuse her.

The jury heard how three girls had accused him, and so they obviously decided that to be sufficient evidence. They were not told how the first girl was shown a list of names of staff members and asked to pick one she didn't like, or of the series of prompts over three interviews which helped to groom her into making the allegation. Nor were they told of how the second girl had said that no abuse had occured, and then decided to change her story after admitting that the first girl had phoned her and asked her to do so, or that this second girl had been found to have made false allegations against others in the past. Nor were they told of how the third girl had claimed that after the man abused her she confided in a friend who gave her advice on what to do if it happened again, only for the police to find that this friend knew nothing about it. Nor were the jury given the opportunity to study the original statements which clearly contrasted with the stories the girls told in court. Nor were the jury shown a layout of the buildings which proved that certain things could not have happened in certain locations as claimed. It was a shambles, and it probably destroyed the girls lives as much as it destroyed the man's life, and the lives of their familes.

After the man had been convicted the police then went after eight of his colleagues, but these had more capable lawyers who did not shun the evidence. All eight were acquitted unanimously, but no offer was made to review the case of the convicted care worker.

These things happen to the shame of the nation.

I'm not quite sure, however, what being gay or straight has to do with it.

I do have a theory as to why the media seem to ignore the huge story of serious flaws in the legal system and numerous miscarriages of justice. While this would certainly draw in many readers and viewers for a while, it would rob them of the many smaller stories of further convictions which they know they can live off for years to come. Once the big story was over they would have to go find real news. Much easier to just allow the routine stuff to bring them a steady income, regardless of how many lives are sacrificed in the process.