Women are sharing pictures of their underwear on social media in protest after a teenage girl’s thong was used as evidence against her in a rape case.

The hashtag #ThisIsNotConsent trended on Twitter after the 27-year-old suspect was acquitted of rape by an Irish court last week.
The 17-year-old girl’s “thong with a lace front” was presented as part of the defence’s closing address.

In her closing address to the jury, Elizabeth O’Connell SC told jurors they should consider the underwear the girl wore on the night of the alleged rape, the Irish Examiner reported.

She told the Central Criminal Court in Cork: “Does the evidence out-rule the possibility that she was attracted to the defendant and was open to meeting someone and being with someone?
“You have to look at the way she was dressed.

She was wearing a thong with a lace front.”
Noeline Blackwell, the head of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, said she was not surprised that the teenager’s underwear was the focus for the defence.

She told The Independent: “The reference to the girl’s underwear and the assumption and inference that the jury was being invited to draw – that because she was dressed like that she was asking for sex – does not surprise us.
“We accompany people to court and the whole time we see rape stereotypes used to discredit complainants and to enforce elements of the defendant’s case.”

The barrister’s comments sparked a furious backlash on social media.
Under the hashtag #ThisIsNotConsent, women shared pictures of their own underwear in support of the girl and protest at ‘victim blaming’.

See more:
https://zenithnaija.com/outrage-after-girls-panties-was-used-as-evidence-to-clear-man-of-rape/

This is unbelievable. My type of undies should determine if I should be raped or not?

madness, this why hate the law, the lawyer and entire constitution. the same law is so design to protect a criminal major under the guys of human right. everything about law and it's practitioners are non-realistic to me, it's just like circus to me.

She should have worn an iron pant Awon weyrey

Dont come and show your torn, dirty and brown underwear here ooo. I mean pata gigan

Born2Breed:
This is unbelievable. My type of undies should determine if I should be raped or not?

Mba....

The ways of man are not the ways of the law.
If they found a loophole and used it there’s nothing any protest can do to change it.

They might be right.

But we say No to Rape.
No female deserves to be raped.

95% rape cases are only aimed at getting even with playboys

A lady once accused me of rape just after she realized I'm also digging her bestie...
I bless God for my neighbor who was hearing her seductive ring tone ;kill me, destroy it, please don't stop...

Conclusively, fear women...

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Born2Breed:
This is unbelievable. My type of undies should determine if I should be raped or not?

Go and read the book of Isaiah 47.

Vaseline crew must have rushed to this thread on hearing the word "panties/underwear"

As far as I am concerned, consent means an affirmative action indicating an intention to engage in the act. Such an action should not be implied. That meabs that the Girl must positively say YES. That's why withdrawal of consent is enough to ground a case of rape.

This decision is unsupportable by any known law at all.
I hate jury trial in it's entirety

Gossipninja:
Women are sharing pictures of their underwear on social media in protest after a teenage girl’s thong was used as evidence against her in a rape case.

The hashtag #ThisIsNotConsent trended on Twitter after the 27-year-old suspect was acquitted of rape by an Irish court last week.
The 17-year-old girl’s “thong with a lace front” was presented as part of the defence’s closing address.

In her closing address to the jury, Elizabeth O’Connell SC told jurors they should consider the underwear the girl wore on the night of the alleged rape, the Irish Examiner reported.

She told the Central Criminal Court in Cork: “Does the evidence out-rule the possibility that she was attracted to the defendant and was open to meeting someone and being with someone?
“You have to look at the way she was dressed.

She was wearing a thong with a lace front.”
Noeline Blackwell, the head of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, said she was not surprised that the teenager’s underwear was the focus for the defence.

She told The Independent: “The reference to the girl’s underwear and the assumption and inference that the jury was being invited to draw – that because she was dressed like that she was asking for sex – does not surprise us.
“We accompany people to court and the whole time we see rape stereotypes used to discredit complainants and to enforce elements of the defendant’s case.”

The barrister’s comments sparked a furious backlash on social media.
Under the hashtag #ThisIsNotConsent, women shared pictures of their own underwear in support of the girl and protest at ‘victim blaming’.

See more:
https://zenithnaija.com/outrage-after-girls-panties-was-used-as-evidence-to-clear-man-of-rape/

Please add graphic to the picture

oya nairaland girl's over to you come and display your own oo maybe guys go grab Vaseline this afternoon..

Please tell the person who has the green panties to wash it before she posts it on twitter, this is how people disgrace themselves.

menstrualpad:
Please add graphic to the picture

I support you jaare

Watch how many sick Nigerian men come in here to say she deserves to be raped.

menstrualpad:
Go and read the book of Isaiah 47.

pastor wetin dey dia ooo

This news just made me pissed! What nonsense!

But if those same panties were used to prove that the man was guilty and he was eventually sentenced, it will be fine.
Ndi ara
It is weak men I pity. Men who side with these senile feminists. The sooner y'all know that there is an orchestrated plan to deal with "all men"(literally) the better y'all get back to your senses. Just go on social media and look at the trivial things these deranged feminists talk about men and all.If those same panties were used to prove the man was guilty, it would have been very normal and ok

Born2Breed:
This is unbelievable. My type of undies should determine if I should be raped or not?

maybe if it was torn in the course of forceful pulling it from the girl

MY NEW YEAR RESOLUTION IS TO QUIT NAIRALAND IN 2019

it was not rape. period.
it was an open invitation.

say no to rape, say no to seduction, say no to indecent dressing.

Isoright