saltwater
04-06-2008, 08:23 AM
Why this man sounding more and more like a rapist and a sick pervert. Anybody believe that all these women going to risk their careers and lives to accuse a PM of rape, go thru the nightmare of public scrutiny, take legal action if they were bluffing. Is it any surprise he and Manning are close friends.
All ya think he is a rapist or these women pulling an "Angela Nelson" on the PM.
Colin Williams, Director of Public Prosecutions in the St Vincent and the Grenadines, has discontinued criminal proceedings into a second set of rape allegations filed against that country's Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves, a source said yesterday.
The source said Williams took the decision on Friday. On March 13, St Vincent attorney Kay Bacchus-Brown filed indecent assault charges against Gonsalves on behalf of a Vincentian woman who now lives in Canada and who claimed the incident happened four years ago.
"There are conflicting statements from the woman who made the allegation as to when the alleged rape occurred," the source said.
The source explained that Gonsalves' accuser had recently claimed the incident occurred five years ago, which conflicted her subsequent claim that it occurred four years ago.
Gonsalves had denied the allegations as he did the rape allegations made against him by a female police officer in St Vincent earlier this year.
In that first matter, Williams also decided not to proceed with any criminal charges against Gonsalves.
The female police officer filed a legal challenge against Williams' decision but it was dismissed by St Vincent High Court Judge Gertel Thom, who found there was not enough evidence for the matter to proceed in criminal court.
The police officer's lawyers have filed for leave to appeal Thom's ruling.
Gonsalves was in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday attending the Caricom Heads of Government special summit of crime and security at the Hilton Trinidad hotel, St Ann's.
In an interview with the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) Gonsalves had said, "It is all falsehood I will let my lawyers deal with that."
Approached by the Sunday Express for comment on this latest development, Gonsalves repeated the statements he made during his state visit to this country on March 1, that allegations by themselves are not enough grounds for anyone to resign high public office.
During that state visit, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, a long-time friend of Gonsalves, also said no public official should resign from office based on allegations alone.
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All ya think he is a rapist or these women pulling an "Angela Nelson" on the PM.
Colin Williams, Director of Public Prosecutions in the St Vincent and the Grenadines, has discontinued criminal proceedings into a second set of rape allegations filed against that country's Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves, a source said yesterday.
The source said Williams took the decision on Friday. On March 13, St Vincent attorney Kay Bacchus-Brown filed indecent assault charges against Gonsalves on behalf of a Vincentian woman who now lives in Canada and who claimed the incident happened four years ago.
"There are conflicting statements from the woman who made the allegation as to when the alleged rape occurred," the source said.
The source explained that Gonsalves' accuser had recently claimed the incident occurred five years ago, which conflicted her subsequent claim that it occurred four years ago.
Gonsalves had denied the allegations as he did the rape allegations made against him by a female police officer in St Vincent earlier this year.
In that first matter, Williams also decided not to proceed with any criminal charges against Gonsalves.
The female police officer filed a legal challenge against Williams' decision but it was dismissed by St Vincent High Court Judge Gertel Thom, who found there was not enough evidence for the matter to proceed in criminal court.
The police officer's lawyers have filed for leave to appeal Thom's ruling.
Gonsalves was in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday attending the Caricom Heads of Government special summit of crime and security at the Hilton Trinidad hotel, St Ann's.
In an interview with the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) Gonsalves had said, "It is all falsehood I will let my lawyers deal with that."
Approached by the Sunday Express for comment on this latest development, Gonsalves repeated the statements he made during his state visit to this country on March 1, that allegations by themselves are not enough grounds for anyone to resign high public office.
During that state visit, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, a long-time friend of Gonsalves, also said no public official should resign from office based on allegations alone.
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