The unfortunate thing about all this for me is the law as it stands. Did the accusers lie to the police? I know of someone who was accused of the same thing that was supposed to have happened 10 years ago. Every one new that he was not the type of person to do that crime, but the police still arrested him in front of his family as they are duty bound to with that category of crime. He was eventually told by the police after 4 months of interviews investigations and the inconvenience of answering bail that he would not be prosecuted. Over this period of time the only way to describe him was hollow, he lost the sparkle you get for life and his confidence took a kicking. He's back to normal now but it took a good 6 months for him to get over.
I firmly believe in cases such as these their has to be anonymity for both party's, I also believe that in cases like my mates the accuser should have been prosecuted for wasting police time any vindictive women would be able to say that you did something to them at some point in the past and the police have to investigate they are duty bound to. The only chance the prosecution has in cases like Roaches or my friends is if the accused has actually done something and pleads guilty at the time of arrest. The other problem is that these accusers also make it hard for the real women that have been raped.
