rooster wrote:The bleeding was girls period, blood stains on underwear and trousers matched and she said herself put knickers in pocket and by the way it was a few spots not the way press are suggesting at all.
This was all mentioned in court but not published by press.
You say that it was her period like that's a fact, when it's not. The medical examiner f**ked up and did not establish the source. But there was a vaginal wall tear. The defence jumped on the chance to create reasonable doubt, that's all they have to do remember.
It's a bite naive of you to present something the defence says as fact.
The Taxi driver said that there was enough blood on her shorts, he noticed as she walked away to check his taxi for soiling, he also said when he was contacted by police that he new what they wanted to talk about. He described her state as hysterical.
Also we've learned since the trial ended that blood was airbrushed off the bed sheets in pictures shown to the jury. Why, is not clear.
I've no wish to revisit the trial, I accept it's conclusion. Although I consider the trial to be one of the biggest jokes in how it was conducted. I'd be embarrassed if that was the Irish judicial system.
My issue is with the players attitudes and behaviour, utter disrespect and disregard for another human being. They used someone like a piece of meat and then laughed about it later. I believe the woman in this trial was credible and believed she was raped. The accused being found not guilty does not mean the accuser agrees, and let's face it, only 3 people actually know for a fact what happened. That these WhatsApp messages were made in the context and in connection with the accusation of rape, a crime takes these comments to another level.
The court found the accused not guilty. The IRFU process in the context of employment law, with legal representation present from both players found the players to be in breach of contract, the contracts were revoked. A nice way of saying sacked. They are gone, fact. Their case, their position as players before the IRFU their employers was untenable. Their position before the public was untenable. Their position before sponsor, untenable. I'm not surprised, I'm not happy. But I am relieved that I won't have to see these 2 boys (not men, they don't deserve to be called men) play for an Irish team.
I'm also prood of the IRFU for it's handling of the situation and for taking the only sensible , but brave decision.
Sorry Rooster, this is not all directed at you, it's just what I needed to say.