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False rape claim man loses compensation bid
The woman who falsely accused Mr Bishop was later jailed

Wednesday, 30 June 2010 15:36 UK

A former Somerset taxi driver who was falsely accused of rape has lost his application for compensation.

Clive Bishop, 50, from Street, has said he lost his taxi business and was shunned by his local community as a result of the claims.

A tribunal ruled last year that Mr Bishop could apply to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA).

But CICA has decided he is not entitled to any compensation because he was not the victim of a violent crime.

Mr Bishop was arrested and charged with raping a woman he had picked up in his taxi in 2007.

The woman later dropped her claim and was given a 10-month prison sentence for attempting to pervert the course of justice.

He said: "It's totally unfair and unjust. I still say now that justice has not been served.

"I think the government and the criminal injuries compensation awards scheme has to recognise the pain and suffering that this type of crime causes to individuals.

"It's just ripped the heart out of me and the last three-and-a-half years have been a total nightmare."

Mr Bishop's solicitor, Russell Pearce, said: "The court decided you had to be a victim of a physical assault. He wasn't and so on that basis they disallowed the appeal."

Source; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/some ... 465915.stm

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To lose your livelyhood and your business on someone elses lie seems quiet a violent upheaval to any individuals life if not to his actual person,....I bet if this driver had been a police officer that had suffered from a similar false claim of rape then a Gigantic amount of compensation would have been heading his way quicker than sh*t of a shovel...


A nation of double standards...that's the modern day UK

this in a week when a con got £40,000 for a lost filling while he was banged up....


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... lions.html


heres a good one...


Prisoners paid £5m compensation for early release

Criminals released early from prison under a scheme to end overcrowding have been paid more than £5 million in compensation, official figures show.

The payouts are intended to reimburse convicts for the cost of food and accommodation that would have been provided by the state if they had stayed in prison.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... lease.html

beam me up scotty................

F*cking disgusting.

CC

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something is SERIOUSLY wrong with this country my friend...

Yep I tend to agree.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
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I agree also...so whats wrong with those Idiot MP's MEP's and MSP's that they cant see the Fecking obvious.

HMG should slow these payments down more very year till it takes so long the claimant dies

bit like they want to do with state pensions....