Woman is accidentally credited £40,000, goes on massive shopping spree, court blames her ex boyfriend for encouraging her to do it

slackpantha · 2014-04-02T17:03:12+00:00

Perhaps I misread the article, but wasn't the woman the only one punished? And the fact that her partner went along with her on the shopping trip and spent some of the money as well does make it seem like he encouraged her. If the court had said, "Oh it's totally your boyfriend's fault, let's throw him in jail" I would say outrage would be deserved, but honestly people of any gender can be a bad influence and it seems to me the judge's comment was based off the boyfriend's actions and not his gender.

HalfysReddit · 2014-04-02T17:44:17+00:00

Except the court didn't blame her boyfriend at all, her lawyer made a single statement suggesting that he goaded her, that's it. The courts never charged or punished him in any capacity.

OP shit like this is why this movement doesn't get taken seriously.

SouthrnComfort · 2014-04-02T15:39:46+00:00

When it's convenient, women apparently don't have rights or brains. Cool.

zeddediah · 2014-04-02T17:40:22+00:00

Uh, that's not how I read the article. Does it say the ex boyfriend has been charged with anything or even asked to pay any of it back?

It sounds like both of them came up with the idea of spending it and both of them have been blamed. but she is the one who is investigated and must pay the amount back.

GrumpyDingo · 2014-04-02T14:39:11+00:00

So, £9K for 150 hours of unpaid work? That's £60/hour, where do I sign up?

Prof_HoratioHufnagel · 2014-04-02T16:45:19+00:00

What the hell is a bungling council and how do you accidentally give someone that kind of money

rexxthunder2020 · 2014-04-02T15:25:47+00:00

Wow, 23 I thought women considered were technically adults by 18. "The bad man made me do it"

lenspirate · 2014-04-02T18:25:42+00:00

Court "blames"? No they didn't. It was one statement. OP is full of crapola, and this is part of why MRAs are seen as lame by many redditors.

2014-04-02T16:14:28+00:00

Wait... So she bought woman clothes and sunglasses an HE forced her?

baskandpurr · 2014-04-02T16:23:11+00:00

So where are the feminsts explaining how this is patronising the woman? Shes an empowered strong female who 'don't need no man', she every bit as capable as a man, she has a mind of her own and free will. This verdict says that she is incapable of making her own decisions, so where's the feminist outrage?

SHITLORDHERE · 2014-04-02T16:14:54+00:00

/r/pussypass yet again.

jeannaimard · 2014-04-02T17:13:43+00:00

One thing I don’t understand is when someone like you and me makes an error like that, we are told to “suck it” and that “there’s nothing the bank can do to help us”, but when it’s a croporation or a city council, the bank will bend over backwards to correct the fuck-up…

nobahdi · 2014-04-02T16:14:33+00:00

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wanked_in_space · 2014-04-02T16:36:11+00:00

I'm curious, what law exactly was broken by the woman here?

vonthe · 2014-04-02T18:31:02+00:00

This is trying too hard. There is no mention that the BF was punished - only that he 'spurred her on', which he may very well have done.

Not a men's rights issue at all, imo.

2014-04-02T16:51:13+00:00

Do women have any agency, really women should be offended at this.

Title	Woman is accidentally credited £40,000, goes on massive shopping spree, court blames her ex boyfriend for encouraging her to do it
Author	PeteTheFirst
Upvotes	241
Comments	63
Date	April 2, 2014 1:42 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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