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29/06/07 - Women call “false rape” for cash, claims Lord
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| Lord Campbell-Savours |
A member of the House of Lords has accused some women of making false rape allegations as a means of making money.
Lord Campbell-Savours, who has been a leading authority on rape for over thirty years, claims women stand to make a great deal of money from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) whether an allegation is found to be true or not.
In an interview with this web-site he said:
“If they make an accusation and it sticks in a court of law they’ll get compensation.
“And they won’t only get compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, they can also bring civil actions for damages against the person if they think they’ve got the resources to pay, and win tens of thousands of pounds.
“So it’s not just one source of compensation. Its two sources.”
But Lord Campbell-Savours continued by saying:
“What I can’t get out of them [the CICA] is who pays the money back when they’re found to make false allegations. I don’t think they reclaim the money.”
Richard Fowler from the CICA said:
“A conviction does not necessarily have to be obtained. We decide to pay compensation on the basis of probability. If we think a rape has taken place but the attacker is never found, for example, we will pay out. It is true that we need a lesser degree of proof than for the court.”
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