Court case

 As a witness support volunteer at Manchester Crown Court I supported a victim giving evidence in an attempted rape trial

This woman has been walking home. The man grabbed her, dragged her off the path and pushed her down on a patch of grass. He pinned her down, knelt On her thighs with his knees, Hit her about the face and pushed up her skirt. She screamed. Lights came on nearby. People came running. The man fled.

Upon arrest he is questioned in the police station. On tape he says, ‘ I didn’t do that, I wouldn’t - She ain’t even pretty’.

She spent a week in the hospital.

In court Expert witnesses from the hospital Give evidence about her injuries Which they treated her for, But they could not save the baby.

By the time this case gets to court The charge has been reduced to assault. The tape is played Where he is evidently denying trying to rape her. It makes little sense relative to an assault charge. However, the expert evidence means that an assault charge is much easier to prove.

By the time this case gets to court The defendant is already in prison serving time for a different offence.

He has found guilty of assault, but Gets no extra time on this sentence Just serves the time he was going to serve anyway, as the new convection is spent a long side, minus the time you spent on remand, et cetera.

Was there any Justice For the crime, he truly committed? for the baby that was lost?  for the trauma. The woman will live with forever? Does the sentence the man received Protect women in the future from this would be rapist?


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