Re: 100 year-old man in Court
Originally Posted by
Mups
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I'm inclined to agree with this Twink. The majority wouldn't remember every minute detail at that age, some can barely remember their own name.
Also, whatever is alleged to have happened would have been seen through the eyes of a very young child, I wonder how a small child would interpret events?
As you say, there will also be no evidence /proof now either.
I really don't know the answer to all this.
Mups, when I was about 15, one of these perverts kept stopping in his car and offering me a lift, I always said "No thank you". The last time it happened, he drove off but parked his car close to where he thought I was walking, about 30 yards from my home and close to the park entrance. He approached me, whilst exposing himself, and tried to back me into the park entrance. I pushed him, told him to "
.... off" and ran like hell to escape. I reported it to a policeman, I used to babysit for, and he was caught, as he had been doing the same to many young girls.
That was 50 years ago, but if I had to give details in court today the only things I could tell you was where it happened and what colour car he had....... on previous occasions where he offered a lift, in a friendly fashion, he had told me his name, I could have described how he looked, but today I couldn't give you any of that info or even the date he tried to get me into the park!
Our minds often block out traumas, so I suspect that many of the children these things happen to will be unable to remember clearly, so ,what chance is there of a fair trial when it is reported so long after the event? There is always a chance that the child is lying and the man is falsely accused!