{"id":5817,"date":"2013-05-02T14:14:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T13:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=5817"},"modified":"2013-05-02T20:30:44","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T19:30:44","slug":"2013may02false_accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/2013may02false_accusations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Roach, Max Clifford and Jason McCue"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5818\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BillRoach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5818\" alt=\"Bill Roach\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BillRoach-300x208.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BillRoach-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BillRoach-600x417.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BillRoach.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Roach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What is the link between an actor, a publicist and a builder from Lancashire?<\/p>\n<p>Bill Roach has been <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2013\/05\/01\/coronation-street-actor-bill-roache-arrested-on-suspicion-of-raping-15-year-old-girl-sources-claim-3708934\/\" target=\"_blank\">accused of raping a girl of 15 in 1967<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Max Clifford has been charged with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/uk\/2013\/apr\/26\/max-clifford-charged-indecent-assault\" target=\"_blank\">11 counts of indecent assault between 1966 and 1985<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Both men are highly public figures and both have vehemently protested their innocence.<\/p>\n<p>Their accusers have legal anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>Jason McCue, 34, was falsely accused by two teenage girls of &#8216;flashing&#8217; at them in the street. \u00a0They were convicted\u00a0of perverting the course of justice\u00a0and jailed for eight months jail by Preston Crown Court on Tuesday 30th April 2012 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lep.co.uk\/news\/local\/jason-mccue-speaks-of-trauma-over-false-allegations-from-teens-1-5632629\" target=\"_blank\">according to the Lancashire Evening Post<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-olds Ella Cooper,\u00a0of Sheffield Drive, Preston, and Lucie Rhimes, of Pear Tree Road, Chorley, made up their malicious allegation to police in a spiteful attempt to ruin Mr McCue as part of a long-running family dispute.<\/p>\n<p>Mr McCue, of Nelson Crescent, Lea, said: \u201cI\u2019ve been through 10 months of pure hell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe false accusations have caused mayhem for me and my family, and the doctor has had to sign me off with depression. Things like this can ruin a man\u2019s life and people should know the massive impact it\u2019s had.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the hearing, DS Peter Glover from Preston CID, said: \u201cI hope that these sentences serve as a warning to people who think it is acceptable to make false allegations against innocent parties and lie to the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But will they? \u00a0False accusations of a sexual nature\u00a0can so easily be made and women appear to be especially adept at it. \u00a0With the need for corroborating evidence having been abolished in the 1990s, it now comes down to her word against his. \u00a0 How many innocent men are in jail today after being convicted because they were less plausible in the witness box than their accuser?<\/p>\n<p>Mr McCue was only saved from a conviction because Lucie Rhimes confessed to her\u00a0father and he took her straight to the police. \u00a0If she had kept her nerve, it would have been two against one and Jason McCue would be in jail today and on the sex offenders&#8217; register.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exod 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Deut 19:18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Find out how to join Christian Voice and stand up for the King of kings (clicking on the link below does not commit you to join)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/P1OVTZ-gb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3940\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Join Today!\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Join_donate_Logo2.jpg\" width=\"185\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please note that persons wishing to comment on this story must enter a valid email address. 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