Man falsely accused of rape left naked in Hull police cell with broken kneecaps

William__F0ster · 2016-08-15T18:16:12+00:00

I've just been looking at selected parts of the Independent Police Complaints Commission report into this, and the relevant parts make for interesting reading (Investigation into the detention and treatment of Mr W by Humberside Police at Clough Road police station between 13 and 14 February 2014).

From the statement of witness, Miss Y:

Ms Y was at home on 13 February 2014 when she heard a commotion outside her property. She saw three men aged approximately 18-19 years old taking it in turns to attack the door of a neighbouring house.

The men continued to kick in the door until the bottom panel gave way. She saw a man with his back to the door as if he was trying to prevent the men from getting into the property.

The man with his back to the door is the man who had his kneecaps broken, by the way. Not exactly sure how she could see this from where she was standing, but anyway, apparently it's the case.

This is the Russian man's version:

Mr W informed us that, at the time of his arrest he had been staying at Ms X’s home, at her invitation, for between a week and 10 days.

Ms X is the woman who accused him of rape, by the way.

Mr W described how at 4pm on 13 February 2014 he awoke to find Ms X running around the flat with a long sharp object in one hand and a crowbar in the other arguing with someone on the telephone. Mr W stated he did not understand what was happening but half an hour later he noticed a silver Vauxhall Astra car outside the property. Three men emerged from the car and started banging on the front door of the property.

These are the same men that Miss Y reported seeing; the one's who were trying to batter the door down.

Mr W described how he sat with his legs against the door in order to prevent the men entering the house and therefore to protect Ms X. As the men smashed through the door they managed to break his legs in the process. Upon entering the house the men passed by Mr W and paid him no attention.

The part about them ignoring him is corroborated by the neighbour's statement, by the way.

The next part, the police become involved:

At 4.56pm on 13 February 2014 the police in Hull were contacted to say a woman was being beaten by an unnamed Russian man.

At 4.59pm police received another telephone call from a 'foreign male, possibly called 'W' requesting police assistance. The operator also heard a woman shouting and swearing about being locked in and being raped.

Remember that part. The police records later show that:

... incident log 467, documents that officers attended the address of Ms X at 20:36. At 20:38:25 it states ‘female adult in custody for wasting police time.’

You see it took 2 and a 1/2 minutes to explain that the allegation was false?

Ms X could not fully explain why she had told the officers that Mr W had raped her. She said she suffers from bi-polar, is still grieving for her son and that she was angry that Mr W and (another male) had had a fight in her flat and caused damage to the vase. She accepted that she was wrong to make false allegations and realised that police time will have been wasted. She has been issued with a caution for cause [sic] wasteful employment of police.'

If you're still reading this, what do you think the odds are that the real reason why she made the rape allegation against Mr W was not that she was bi-polar, but because she believed reporting a rape allegation would ensure the police came immediately?

Remember, it wasn't her that made the call to the police, but first it was a neighbour and then it was Mr W himself, while lying in the garden with broken kneecaps, and it was Miss X who yelled about being imprisoned and raped in the background?

I mean I'm speculating there, but still ...

Edit: TL;DR

The above are extracts from the investigation into complaints against the police.

The guy who had his kneecaps broken was staying in the flat of the woman who accused him at her invitation - he was a guest in other words.

The reason why his kneecaps got broken in the first place was that he was injured while trying to protect her - three dudes had turned up at the flat and were trying to kick the door in.

The guy's kneecaps were broken because he'd put his legs against the other side of the door to try and prevent the three men from breaking in.

This is only speculation, but I wonder if the reason why the woman claimed rape was because she believed she was more certain to get a police car to come immediately if she did.

Which would have very interesting implications if that were true ...

AxionGaming · 2016-08-16T06:33:38+00:00

I find not only what happened to the man to be outraging, but what DIDN'T happen to the woman who accused him upon admitting that she lied:

"woman who had accused him of rape - which led to his arrest - later admitted lying and was cautioned for wasting police time"

Are you kidding me? All she gets is a warning to not lie again?

babno · 2016-08-15T23:30:08+00:00

On the bright side it looks like an investigation was done and discipline should be forthcoming to the offending officers, as well as new safeguards to prevent this sort of thing in the future.

Title	Man falsely accused of rape left naked in Hull police cell with broken kneecaps
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Date	August 15, 2016 5:12 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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