Tuesday, March 31, 2009  A young life destroyed by a rape
allegation: An absolute 'must-read' post  'At one point I
thought I'd go to prison,' says Peter. 'When I first saw a
lawyer, I said: "How bad could this get?" And he said: "You
could be looking at 25 years." 'I just cried in the police cell,
and that isn't me. I don't cry. But I pulled a blanket over my
head, turned away from the security cameras to face the wall and
just sobbed my eyes out.  Are there worse things for a man to be
called than a rapist? If so, Peter Bacon - who still has the
word ringing in his head and surely will for the rest of his
life - struggles to think of them.  'Rapist. It's up there with
paedophile, isn't it?' he says. 'Rape is one of those things for
which there are no excuses. Socially, it's one of the worst
crimes because no one can ever justify rape.  'I'd say it is
worse even than murder, because there can be circumstances where
you can attempt to justify murder. Personally, I'd have
preferred to be in that dock accused o