Ched Evans: Nine Fined For Naming Victim

Nine people have pleaded guilty to revealing online the identity of a woman raped by former Sheffield United and Wales footballer Ched Evans.

The victim's name was circulated on social network sites, including Twitter and Facebook, following Evans's conviction at Caernarfon Crown Court in April.

Some of the defendants also launched abuse at the victim, calling her names like "money grabbing slut" and "poor little victim".

They all claimed that they were not aware that naming her was a criminal offence.

The law gives the victims and alleged victims of rape and other sexual offences lifelong anonymity.

The defendants appeared at Prestatyn Magistrates' Court charged with publishing material likely lead members of the public to identify the complainant in a rape case, contrary to the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act, 1992.

The defendants are Benjamin Davies, 27, of Elwy Drive, Rhyl, Michael Ashton, 21, of Gwelfor Terrace, Llanddulas, Dominic Green, 23, of Oakwood Road, Rhyl, Craig MacDonald, 26, of Greenacres Caravan Park, Prestatyn, Holly Price, 25, of Derwent Close, Prestatyn, and Gemma Thomas, 18, of South Drive, Rhyl, all North Wales.

Paul Devine, 26, of Buchanan Road, Daniel Cardwell, 25, of White Lane, Chapeltown, and Shaun Littler, 22, of Ashbourne Road, Handsworth - all in Sheffield - also pleaded guilty.

Evans was found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman in a Rhyl hotel room.

Evans played for Premier League champions Manchester City from 2007-2009

The player admitted having sex with her, but the woman told the jury she had no memory of the incident - and the prosecution said she was too drunk to consent to sexual intercourse.

He is due to appeal against the conviction at the Court of Appeal tomorrow.

Nita Dowell, prosecuting, told the court that following Evans' conviction the case attracted a huge amount of interest nationally and internationally and that there were 6,000 hits about it on Twitter alone.

Miss Dowell said the victim was subjected to abuse and that North Wales Police received numerous complaints from members of the public and from groups such as Rape Crisis.

District Judge Andrew Shaw ordered the defendants to pay the victim compensation of £624 each - the maximum penalty the charge could attract.

He said each of the defendants had identified the victim and others had added abuse.

"You did so without proper knowledge of the facts and without any heed of the feelings of the victim, " he said.

Mr Shaw said that the defendants, who were related to or were friends of Evans, had posted the comments with "deliberate malice".

He added: "Your actions have re-victimised this woman again."

Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang

Ched Evans: Nine Fined For Naming Victim

Dengan url

http://pasanganbacklinks.blogspot.com/2012/11/ched-evans-nine-fined-for-naming-victim.html

Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya

Ched Evans: Nine Fined For Naming Victim

namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link

Ched Evans: Nine Fined For Naming Victim

sebagai sumbernya