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On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:37:54 +0100, The Todal
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Obviously not. There is however a powerful argument that the accuser is
entitled to their day in court,

How does that so-called argument stack up, then? If I say to a copper,
"You hit my mate!" am I entitled to my day in court?

if it's just one person's word against
another's. If the accuser has been proved to be a liar before the trial
even begins then of course the CPS ought to withdraw the case.

What OUGHT to happen is for all parties involved to have anonymity up
to the trial, and then neither accuser nor accused should have it
during the trial. The CPS should not send out fishing expeditions to
trawl for accusations from people who otherwise wouldn't have bothered
to make any accusation. The system as it is at present is grossly
unfair, biased and typical of vindictive British "justice".

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wrote:
What OUGHT to happen is for all parties involved to have anonymity up to
the trial, and then neither accuser nor accused should have it during
the trial. The CPS should not send out fishing expeditions to trawl for
accusations from people who otherwise wouldn't have bothered to make any
accusation. The system as it is at present is grossly unfair, biased and
typical of vindictive British "justice".

It's all down to the cutbacks in legal aid. The CPS simply prosecute far
more people to keep their colleagues in work. ;-)

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