I missed that.LHA wrote: ↑Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:56 pmThere was another comment, which I am not going to repeat here, which was deleted, perhaps my her or by someone else and more specifically related to events at the trial. It was an appalling comment for her to have made, all I would say is she clearly believes her father to be innocent and regards the media as 'biased' against rapists, which I suppose they are, and should be.Scazza wrote: ↑Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:50 pmSeems a bit blinkered given her father was convicted of raping a girl her age, or younger, and also had flings with other young girls (which would now be illegal due to the breach of his position of trust). Did she expect press coverage to be anything but damning?DazedandConfused wrote: ↑Sat Jul 28, 2018 7:14 pm Ah, sod it. The mods can delete if required
The comments were in response to a post about the convictions and that the defendants had requested limits on the media reporting. 3 comments in total:
“Wow”
“Irrelevant now I know, but given the climate chances of unbiased press reporting are zero.”
“For record, three charges dropped. Matter of public fact that wasn’t reported at all by media.”
As I said, likely an anti-climax but definitely on the defensive of her father IMHO.
Interesting to know which charges were dropped but that isn't exactly unusual, or evidence of being less guilty.
She also made another comment claiming that Husband's conviction(s) were by majority verdict not unanimous. I don't know if this is true or not.
I’ve said this before, but were it my father convicted I’m not sure whether I’d be able to accept that he was a rapist (although I am fairly certain I would never have forgiven him for the consensual affair).
Abusers are very often charming people who have a very different public face and perhaps she will never come to terms with what he did. Whether his family believes the verdict was correct or not, it must be hideous having it all played out so publicly. I had a degree of sympathy for her for the posts I saw, but hearing that these were the tip of the iceberg makes me lose that sympathy very rapidly.