false accusations of rape against another person and wasting police time

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

I have had too many people that i know being dragged through all the works after being accused of rape when found not proven/guilty but the “victim” getting off with lying and wasting police time. It involves many lives when it needs to be investigated and has a knock on effect.

Whoever has accused the other person of rape, when the person has been found not guilty should then be charged for wasting police time and potentially ruining the others persons life on false accusations. This sort of thing can lead folk to become suicidal and must be dealt with.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

People who make a false allegation of a crime can already be prosecuted for perverting the course of justice or for wasting police time.

You can find out more about this here:

http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/p_to_r/perverting_the_course_of_justice_-_rape_and_dv_allegations/

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

21 Dec 2020	Petition opened for signatures
29 Dec 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 29 Dec 2020

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