Mike Tyson did jail time for a rape. His accuser willingly followed him to his hotel bedroom and entered the room having seen Tyson lying on the bed in his underpants.

as discussed above, women have the right to remove their consent. Even after penetration. Frustrating but true.

however, the legality of Rape allegations will probably always be a minefield. What is the Law in Saudi about rape ? is it that the rape must be witnessed by men or something ? in order to stand up in a court of law ?

in my personal opinion, the victim reports the rape within 24 hours or its null & void. I mean, imagine reporting a car crash after 4 years have elapsed ?

Brand is certainly an unsavoury sleazy character. But i get the smell of something rotten in Denmark.

Edited by PalazioVecchio (25 Sep 2023 11.38am)

Eze Peasy at Anfield....

I think there is a sound argument for putting a time limit on minor offences including sexual offences e.g. he touched my bottom. This stuff is a waste of police time as it is highly unlikely that there will be any evidence beyond the witness complaint.

However there should not be a time limit on serious stuff e.g. rape or murder. As for the time limit I would say something like 4-6 years.

One more point

Yup however there are always these cases of controlling / bullying people so the victim is too frighten to report it at the time.

One more point

Not that I am aware of.

A series of allegations made by people without prior knowledge of the others could be regarded as circumstantial evidence but how much weight would be attached would be up to a jury to decide.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

That can happen, but it also opens up the charge to misuse....which I believe is happening more often in today's culture.

I would agree on a time limit of three months, unless there are exceptional circumstances.

Though the problem with rape is that the nature of the crime is far harder to prove than murder.

Edited by Stirlingsays (25 Sep 2023 2.49pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

So you think the age of consent should be raised to 18?

I wouldn't be against that, however I can see problems that it creates as it's difficult enough now with a significant number of 16 year olds having sex before it's legal.

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It's roughly around 1 in 3.

When we look at why the answer is obvious....it's both cultural and technological. Cultural insomuch as social liberalism encourages sexuality and sexual freedom and technological down to the reality of the pill and the removal of social stigma.

The statistics from the link showing that in 1964 the number of teenagers reporting underage sex being a least half what it was since these cultural and technological changes.

I don't know what the solution is (even social conservatism would only be a partial answer).....I'd like a solution but I don't think it's going to be under social liberalism. You can raise the age of consent to any age you like....unless you change the culture it makes no difference and while the pill is there....nothing will change.

Edited by Stirlingsays (26 Sep 2023 7.14am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)