CTID Hants wrote:Mase wrote:The fact that the judge said today, “Say, for example, Mr Mendy, his career is on hold. Everyone has got to understand Mr Mendy can't go to work. This matter needs to be tried.” says to me that there’s not going to be enough evidence that he actually committed rape.
He’s been charged because he’s likely said “no comment” throughout all the interviews. Which is the right thing to do. And it’s likely true that these women were at his house when they’re claiming they were raped. So it needs to go to court to be proven, a charge isn’t proof.
We’ll see what happens.
How is "no comment" the right thing to do if you're innocent, I've never fuckin got that.
Somebody says to me no fucking comment I go straight to guilty as fuck, banged to rights.
My friend was accused of rape three years ago, and subsequently charge by Scottish police. It relates to when we were on a stag do in Edinburgh about 4 months before his arrest, he brought a girl back to our hostel, they had sex, she left in the early hours.
Luckily I was awake (being a shit sleeper finally comes in useful) and on the bunk facing him so saw/heard all of it.
Police came down from Scotland one morning, got to his at 5am and dragged him outside in front of neighbours and his little girl (he’s the only parent as his wife died of cancer about 6 years ago).
When he was arrested his solicitor told him that because he was angry at it all happening in front of his girl and because they’d driven him back up to Scotland from Bolton to question him he would be emotional and anything he said to the police would be twisted because they’re goal is to get a charge. He was advised to say “no comment” all the way through questioning and then have his opportunity to give the real story in court.
He was charged and given a court date. Luckily she admitted she was lying before the court date after police looked at the footage from the night in the bars and hostel and re-questioned her.