The case last week affecting Aftab Ahmed and his family shows the law needs to be changed on naming men accused of rape unless they are found guilty (link), (link), (link), (link) and (link).
A teenage girl wrecked the life and reputation of father-of-two Mr Ahmed from Shipley, Yorkshire when she accused him of raping her when he drove her home in his taxi. He could no longer work as a taxi driver and he had to sell his family home to make ends meet.
Even though she realised later that she had not been sexually assualted (she had been blind drunk) she refused to drop the complaint that she had previously made. After admitting her lies 18 months later, she received a four month sentence which under the 'wonderful' justice system we have, actually means two months. She remains anonymous.
The problem on this subject is that if a man is accused, he is named and therefore his reputation is automatically ruined, even if he is not guilty. This case is just one of a long list of similar cases.
It is clear that the Law need to be changed so it is fair, which British Law is meant to be. The complainant should remain anonymous but so should the man, unless he is found guilty. The government were meant to be looking at this (link) following the Warren Blackwell case but nothing has been heard since.
It is time the Law was made fair and equal.
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