TEN YEARS AND COUNTING - Oh dear me. Dr Liebenberg was an expert witness in the case below alleging rape. Sometimes experts think that are doing the right thing by not following the correct procedures and not telling it like it is with new guidance about to be published. The girl in this claim was examined in 2006 using old thinking to compile a report. The trial below was held in February of 2008. In March of 2008 the above guidance was issued. In this guidance, the correct procedure for examining claimants is spelled out. We wonder if dear old Melanie had seen this document in draft form before giving her evidence. If so, that would compound the misdirection that the jury were given and that would be fraud. If not, then it is a curious coincidence that Liebenberg failed to conduct her examination in a manner that would benefit the defence, but would most assuredly disadvantage the defendant. As reporters, we have seen the good doctor's report from 2006. In this report Liebenberg says that Claimant H was: "Tightly closed and could not be opened with labial traction." Here she was referring to the girl's hymen. We have also read the above Guidance, and in those pages it is clear that if a girl is interfered with more than once, her hymen will not be tightly closed. There is a reliable method of measuring virginity, using the distance from the hymen to the vaginal wall. The instrument used is called a Colposcope. In this case the examiner did not obtain the adolescent's medical history, so did not know that she had a congenital birth defect, which fortunately she could not have attributed to the defendant.

It is important when constructing a jigsaw puzzle, to have all the pieces. For example, the examiner did not know that there had been heated exchanges between the defendant and her mother and that he'd recently called off an engagement. The girl was also a gymnast and previously rode horses. None of the Class 3-4 signs were present, as one might have expected if as claimed, the girl had been regularly penetrated. The trial judge told the jury this might have been on 40 occasions - thus virtually instructing the jury to convict.

Dr Liebenberg failed to mention to the jury that none of the expected lacerations, transections and/or healed scars to the fossa or posterior fourchette - or angular clefts or tears, or labial adhesions of the hymen were present. She might have mentioned that the absence of any and all of these signs, given the claimed regularity of abuse, was not consistent with the allegations. But stands to be considered as part of a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Dr Liebenberg could have mentioned that had any of these signs been in evidence, that would have been either definitive proof of sexual abuse or at best highly suspicious circumstances. But, as we stress - none of these were present and the jury had a right to know that before sending a man to prison.

This evidence does not stand alone. There is a diary that casts doubt as to opportunity which the girl's mother hid in her loft so that the police would not find it. On the stand under duress the girl's mother revealed its existence, but then she knew that the defence would not have time to cross reference the dates in it with the girl's testimony. Judge Cedric Joseph then wrongly told the jury that this diary was the defendants - and still the CCRC turn a blind eye.

Compounding that crafting of the evidence, Gordon Staker, James Hookway and Jo Pinyoun failed to either secure or mention the existence of the defendant's diaries, wherein the claimant's mother, a community psychiatric nurse had written in her own hand that the accused should not forget Valentines Day.

The plot thickens where solicitor Timothy Stirmey and barrister Julian Dale were provided with the diary entries, the accused pointing out that the entries were written in his diaries by the mother of the claimant, but his legal team failed to use this evidence in rebuttal of the claim that a Valentines Day Card sent to the claimant was in respect of the insistence of the claimant's mother to cheer her daughter up. This was because the claimant did not have a boyfriend and was not popular at school with the opposite sex.

What possible excuse could Stirmey and Dale give for not putting this vital information before the Jury? We can only think of one thing, that a deal had been done with Sussex police and the CPS, not to include any evidence that would upset the chances of the Crown obtaining a conviction. We know that Julian Dale was Eastbourne based and we know that the father of the jilted mother was a mason with the Tyrian Lodge in South Street, 100 yards away from Eastbourne police station at the top end of Grove Road.

We imagine that once these facts are known by Melanie Liebenberg, that she will have a tough time wrestling with her conscience, knowing that she helped Sussex police to craft the evidence in such blatant fashion. We hope then that she is not on the payroll and might have the decency as a human being to come forward and tell her story.

COLPOSCOPY

Colposcopy (Ancient Greek: κόλπος kolpos “hollow, womb, vagina” + skopos "look at") is a medical diagnostic procedure to examine an illuminated, magnified view of the cervix and the tissues of the vagina and vulva. A specialized colposcope equipped with a camera is used in examining and collecting evidence for victims claiming to have been raped or sexually assaulted. The technique should be gainfully employed and developed to identify the growing numbers of false allegations, so saving convictions based on testimony, that under the present system, is all that is needed to send a man down. Dame Butler Schloss is an advocate of enhancing our knowledge in this area and said as much in her remarks on the above RCPCH guidance.

Many premalignant lesions and malignant lesions in these areas have discernible characteristics which can be detected through the examination. It is done using a colposcope, which provides an enlarged view of the areas, allowing the colposcopist to visually distinguish normal from abnormal appearing tissue and take directed biopsies for further pathological examination. 

The other use of colposcopy is to prevent cervical cancer by detecting precancerous lesions early and treating them. The procedure was developed in 1925 by the German physician Hans Hinselmann, with help from Helmut Wirths.

PROCEDURE

During the initial evaluation, a medical history is obtained, including gravidity (number of prior pregnancies), parity (number of prior deliveries), last menstrual period, contraception use, prior abnormal pap smear results, allergies, significant past medical history, other medications, prior cervical procedures, and smoking history. In some cases, a pregnancy test may be performed before the procedure. The procedure is fully described to the patient, questions are asked and answered, and the patient then signs a consent form.

A colposcope is used to identify visible clues suggestive of abnormal tissue. It functions as a lighted binocular microscope to magnify the view of the cervix, vagina, and vulvar surface. Low power (2× to 6×) may be used to obtain a general impression of the surface architecture. Medium (8× to 15×) and high (15× to 25×) powers are utilized to evaluate the vagina and cervix. The higher powers are often necessary to identify certain vascular patterns that may indicate the presence of more advanced pre-cancerous or cancerous lesions. Various light filters are available to highlight different aspects of the surface of the cervix. Acetic acid solution and iodine solution (Lugol's or Schiller's) are applied to the surface to improve visualization of abnormal areas.

Colposcopy is performed with the woman lying back, legs in stirrups, and buttocks at the lower edge of the table (a position known as the dorsal lithotomy position). A speculum is placed in the vagina after the vulva is examined for any suspicious lesions.

After a complete examination, the colposcopist determines the areas with the highest degree of visible abnormality and may obtain biopsies from these areas using a long biopsy instrument, such as a punch forceps, SpiraBrush CX or SoftBiopsy. Most doctors and patients consider anesthesia unnecessary, save where multiple biopsy samples are to be taken - to decrease patient discomfort.

The results in sexual cases may have the same effect as a lie detector test, save that the physical examination and photographic record are more conclusive. If a girl has been raped, especially a young girl, there will be signs that prove penetration (rape) has taken place. This will be especially apparent in cases of non-consensual sex where no foreplay will mean no lubrication and so increased trauma in the form of tearing (scars) and bruising.

In the case below, apart from the fact that the girl was "tightly closed", there was also no signs of tearing of the fourchette, or other trauma associated with digital penetration (without foreplay = dry). The girl claimed regular assaults of this type that would have produced scars and the like in 83% of cases, but there were no scars, a finding which is clearly inconsistent with her claims.

A partial notch was found in the hymen, but it is now known that such findings are normal. Tears and the like in the hymen are full width if caused by trauma, leaving scar tissue, rather than partial (a smooth small indentation) as in naturally occurring features. This was not explained to the jury, who were left believing that there was no explanation for the 'notch' other than penetrative sex.

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THE ULTIMATE RAPE - ANATOMY OF A STITCH UP - FLOW CHART - REAL LIFE INJUSTICE

In a case where sexual assault is claimed, it is vital for investigators to act quickly to prevent potential witnesses from rehearsing and developing a version of a false claim. The investigators in this case allowed the claimant two weeks to rehearse a story, all the while she was obtaining feedback from social services and friends as to what to say such that it might be acceptable (believed). Coaching or rehearsing a story is of course illegal. Clearly, in this case coaching is a major feature. SOCAP procedures are designed to prevent coaching by obtaining a statement the moment an allegation is made. By this means false allegations may be revealed by preventing changes to a story that repair obvious lies that a defence will be able to disprove. We are following this Sussex case and will report news as it happens.

ABOUT SUSSEX POLICE

Many policemen, judges and crown prosecution staff are Masons, there is no denying this. This can lead to corruption at high levels, where fellow Masons, members of the public, might obtain favours, as in charges being dropped, or charges brought against someone, as examples.  The law is quite often used incorrectly (illegally) to further the objectives of private causes in organized fashion. But who is there to investigate? Since many, if not most high ranking officers are Masons, and their siblings, even if not masons, in whichever force, even an outside force is unlikely to identify an officer who will make any effort to investigate a fellow officer.  It's a club, for a favoured few in positions of trust - and there is no real complaint system that bears scrutiny.

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