But both Evans and Johnson have been found/pleaded guilty. Their victims still got named.
Only a guilty party should be named, therefore the victim should never be named unless proven guilty in a court of law.
The fact that court orders are mostly meaningless on the internet is a separate issue.
The desire to name the victims of sexual assault has nothing to do with the "injustice" of the accused being named in the media.
I'm not sure if you think I'm arguing for that point? I'm not aware of anyone saying victims should be named, many (including me) say that the accused should not be named.
I have to say I find this case bizarre too. The CCTV (at least the released CCTV) clearly shows he didn't do it and, even more importantly, that he couldn't have done it. But the CPS thought they had enough evidence to bring to trial, which tends to imply the accuser was plausible and consistent and there was some evidence the alleged assault had happened. Bear in mind that judges can throw out cases long before the jury get to decide if it is abundantly clear that there is no evidence to support the charge. I can't help but wonder why that didn't happen if the prosecution case is as weak as the defendant is claiming.
I can't help but wonder whether it did happen but that the police have arrested completely the wrong person.
If not, I'd agree with people wanting to see the accuser charged with perverting the course of justice.
There are many reasons the accuser could have brought this up, I think that "making it up" is very unlikely, where's the gain for her?
Perhaps they got the wrong person, perhaps she was mistaken, perhaps there was more evidence we didn't see, however the jury acquitted unanimously, and in 90 minutes. We don't know all the presented evidence, however the jury were clearly unconvinced by it.
On the other hand we have the accusation that CPS altered the evidence, which is a claim that needs to be investigated.
