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Advice needed - falsely accused of sexual harrasment

nolifetome
nolifetome Posts: 11 Forumite
edited 24 October 2010 at 11:46AM in Consumer rights
Please delete this thread. By the grace of God, I am all well. Thanks to those who helped me.
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  • rsykes2000
    rsykes2000 Posts: 2,494 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    People can do strange things at any age, the fact you are 50 doesn't mean that people will automatically believe or disbelieve you.
    The only advice I think that can be given to you is get a decent solicitor to represent you.
  • Optimist
    Optimist Posts: 4,557 Forumite
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    I'm sorry to hear of your misfortune I assume you got the duty solicitor at the police station they would have advised on you your rights.

    Sexual harassment cases tend to be about proof and credibility and it is up to the CPS as to whether to take if further but I would suggest you see a solicitor
    "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."

    Bertrand Russell. British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
  • gordikin
    gordikin Posts: 4,422 Forumite
    Aye right!
  • hippey
    hippey Posts: 849 Forumite
    You have a bail letter not notice of charge, unless you were charged. Just because you are on bail doesn't mean you guilty, neither does it mean you will be charged!

    Do you seek the free and independant legal advice offered at the station? If not seek a criminal lawyer for advice, answers from this forum although good won't replace that from someone qualified.

    Is there CCTV from the train? Most are now fitted with it.
    These are my thoughts and no one else's, so like any public forum advice - check it out before entering into contracts or spending your hard earned cash!

    I don't know everything, however I do try to point people in the right direction but at the end of the day you can only ever help yourself!
  • hippey
    hippey Posts: 849 Forumite
    Forgot to add everyone who goes to the police station as a detainee will get searched and property siezed so it's nothing personal to you. The police job is to investigate the offence and provide evidence either way ..... To prove or disprove your involvement in the offence
    These are my thoughts and no one else's, so like any public forum advice - check it out before entering into contracts or spending your hard earned cash!

    I don't know everything, however I do try to point people in the right direction but at the end of the day you can only ever help yourself!
  • DVardysShadow
    DVardysShadow Posts: 18,949 Forumite
    hippey wrote: »
    Forgot to add everyone who goes to the police station as a detainee will get searched and property siezed so it's nothing personal to you. The police job is to investigate the offence and provide evidence either way ..... To prove or disprove your involvement in the offence
    Although the either way bit probably gets lost once they have cuffed someone - they are on a target to get convictions, so it is not looking good
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  • Ivrytwr3
    Ivrytwr3 Posts: 6,304 Forumite
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    OK, options are:

    a. OP is a troll

    b. OP is genuine and was asleep and so can use the defence of automatism (- a legal term which describes an "involuntary act" performed during a state of unconsciousness).

    c. OP is a sex pest and needs help.
  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
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    OP, assuming you are not trolling, you need professional, legal advice.
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • pimento
    pimento Posts: 6,243 Forumite
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    nolifetome wrote: »

    So while asleep and with the train moving, my hand accidentally must have fell on <?> body part of a female passenger sitting near me.

    You're joking, right? :D
    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair
  • pendulum
    pendulum Posts: 2,302 Forumite
    Fun Fact
    Men are 10 times more likely to accidentally touch up a woman than they are a man! :)

    OP, you need a solicitor if your for real, but I think your having us on here!
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