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Fair enough. It's not easy to get things perfect all the time, but to allow character evidence by exes in a time where slut shaming (of men/women) is still common baffles me.
The comments by some people on social media make you think she's some kind of wizard and he had no control over what he did: Unlike her he can remember everything.
JWestland-
Yeah, its really shaky ground for sure.
The appeal judges must have thought that extraordinary circumstances required this testimony to be heard. I can't imagine what those circumstances were though.
I agree that the acquittal seems horrifying but it does make we wonder exactly why the appeal was successful. Its rare that a panel of judges gets things totally wrong, more common that they are bound to apply the law and left with no choice but to acquit.
Sex with somebody who was so drunk she was unaware that she had sex is rape whichever way you colour it.
Stonehedge
The UK court system either works really well or really fucking badly. Rarely inbetween.
One example of it working well was Rolf Harris being sent down based entirely on the credibility of his victims under cross examination with no other evidence. The Ched Evans trial is an example of how badly it can go wrong.