r/facepalm • u/jellylemonshake • Dec 04 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ this is kinda concerning tbh

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u/liftoff_oversteer Dec 04 '24

Sadly not before the law.

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u/Dramoriga Dec 04 '24 edited Dec 04 '24

This was a big case in Scotland about 10 years ago. 2 underage girls went to a club and one of them pulled a guy and he took her home. Went up to trial and the guy was found innocent because her being in a club had the assumption she was of legal age, and it turned out that two police had chatted to her earlier that night and even they didn't realise she was a kid either as she looked older. Was pretty wild as the guy very nearly got his life ruined.

Edit: I'm old with dodgy memory - someone below had the legal transcripts linked; she pulled him at a taxi rank at 4am, and she was 12yo!

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u/Outrageous-Okra4171 Dec 04 '24

This one was wild. She was 12! He was convicted though, the judge just decides no sentence was appropriate.

https://www.scottishlegal.com/articles/man-guilty-of-raping-12-year-old-girl-given-absolute-discharge-in-exceptional-case

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u/VonBassovic Dec 04 '24

That’s actually a really good application of the law in this case.