pointing out the benefits of the rape defendant anonymity suggestion.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/column...n/article7133925.ece
My letter to her
Thank God to read just one balanced opinion piece about the proposal to allow rape defendants anonymity.
I've written dozens of similar letters to publications such as the Guardian, whose coverage has been totally one sided. They are never published. I don't ask for the other side to be carried alone; I just want - as your column does - both sides to be represented.
Nobody seems to consider the enormous quantity of wrongly convicted accused - like myself - solely and only charged, let alone convicted, because of the publicity beforehand (the original complaints in my case were quietly dropped).
Especially in historic allegations it is almost impossible to prove ones innocence. I'm still trying.
Now we surely all agree that perpetrators should be found and punished and of course evidence can be hard - if not impossible - to find when the victims are vulnerable children in positions of danger years ago. But the current law, created, I'm sure, with the best of motives, has allowed incredible injustices. For many reasons - greed, revenge, desire for sympathy, insanity, drink or drugs, shame...
It's no surprise that the big winners from false allegations are publicists like Max Clifford and bimbos accusing dim footballers and other celebrities - plus, of course, police (increased conviction rates), the judiciary (lawyers and judges) and - biggest of all - the media - great stories.
Which may explain the lack of positive media coverage for this anonymity suggestion. And as a result, I fear, it may never happen.
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