FAQs

Below are some of the questions falselyaccused.co.uk has received over the past five years. We have included these here as a means of offering possible assistance to anyone falsely accused or wrongly convicted and wishing to use our service.

"My husband and I talked with you last year just before he went to trial. He had been charged with six counts of rape (historical). When we discussed our case with you, you recommended that a full defence strategy be undertaken and that you could talk to another solicitor and barrister about representing us. My husband decided not to, because we already paid the solicitor we had so much. Well, to cut a long story short, he was convicted and sentenced to 18 years. Is there anything you can do now to get this turned around? The solicitor and barrister we had did lodge an appeal, but his appeal was dismissed. We have no place to turn. Can you help us?" 

Firstly, we are sorry for the conviction and wish it had worked out some other way. As far as assisting at this stage, it would depend entirely on determining "why your husband was convicted" and then using that fact, or newly acquired evidence as a means to returning to the Court of Appeal. Unfortunately, anything at this point would be far more difficult and time consuming than it ever would have been had your husband’s trial defence team prepared a proper defense prior to his trial but yes, it can and has been be done.

"I just wanted to follow up on my first email to you. If you remember, I was interested in your services but was very skeptical. For all I knew, you could have been another Internet scam, just trying to make money by using my fear of going to prison. Also, I could not see how you could accomplish anything in a few months when my solicitor had not been able to over the last six months, especially when I had teenage girl falsely accusing me. Now, I have to say that you were the best investment I could have made. I was just told today that all charges against me are being dropped and that is a long way from my own solicitor trying to get me to take a plea before you got involved. I can't say thank you enough for giving me my life back." 

Fantastic on the charges being dropped and, yes that is a long way from the plea they were trying to get you to accept, but the credit is not ours. It belongs to you, your wife and family. We all worked equally as hard, going through everything and putting together the time line that proved nothing happened and it was you who spent countless hours, transcribing those interview tapes no one else had ever bothered to do. We may have been a guide however we could not have accomplished anything without your help, your trust and your belief in us. Congratulations thanks for the faith you did have in our team and we can honestly say, this is the reason we do what we do. You are living proof of what can be accomplished. Let's not lose contact.

"My son met with you about a four months ago when one of his children made allegations against him. That allegation was investigated by the Police and Social Services and was unfounded. There is no doubt that his ex-wife was behind all of that. Last week he was arrested after allegations were made again, but this time by both of his children, and my understanding is that he called you and you are unwilling to help him? Why? Is this a financial issue? I will be more than happy to pay your fees"

Our decision had nothing to do with finances. When we met with your son, we informed him that the allegations against him would eventually get worse and that he needed to get his children out of the environment they were in, for their sake as well as his. He agreed, but told us he wanted to wait and see what happened before he spent additional funds to go forward. Our decision was based on two issues; one, his personal finances were more important to him than the welfare of his children and two, the allegations could have been controlled by dealing with them before they reached a point where they got completely out of hand. When our team is dealing with any case where a mother is using allegations of abuse against a father to gain the upper hand in a custody battle, our main concern is for the welfare of the child or children. They do not need to be in that environment, nor do they need to be taught or trained that making a false allegation is acceptable. We have seen far too many cases where a father's main interest and concern is in themselves and not in their child or children and as we state previously we have no desire to work with anyone in that frame of mind. We hope you understand. Your son is an adult. He can make many of his own choices. His children do not have that luxury. Who fights for them? We have no interest in working with any father who begins a conversation with, "How much will it cost to get my children?

 "You visited my son in prison, as you know he was just starting a minimum sentence of 25 years for murder. You told him that you had read some of the case papers and that you could not help him, I feel like your another "legal" just letting us down and you charged me £250 plus travel”.

Yes we did tell your son that we could not help him, the reason being was because your son changed his story so many times (there is much more to this case) during the course of his case and when we visited him in the space of the two hour consultation he could not give any valid reason as to why his story changed so much. How are we to work on a case where we don’t believe the client, furthermore we would not want you risk your life savings especially when he is not telling the truth to his own mother. As hard as it sounds we have morals. We also must mention again that we are not a support or voluntary organisation; it is not a sustainable business model for us not to charge a fee and make no apology for our charges. What your son thought he would hear from us was not what he expected, sometimes, the truth hurts.

“I am asking for your help to fight for Justice as I don’t know who else to turn to. I was found guilty of 14 counts, 3 counts for down-loading child porn and indecent images, which I am fully guilty of, but the remaining offences of rape of a girl under the age of 13, I am not guilty of”.

As we have stated in this website we will not help any person who we believe has hurt or abused a child, it is quite clear from what you say that you are guilty of some offences, to which you did for your own self gratification therefore we will not be party to anyone who thinks this is acceptable.

“I have been charged with five counts of fraud and deception, I would like to use your services but am unwilling to pay the VAT and do you give cash discounts?”

Under current money laundering regulations we are obliged to carry out the appropriate checks on any private funds we receive. We are also required in some instances to report receipt of private funds to the appropriate authorities.  VAT is a tax that must be paid to the government. We will not accept any funds without going through the correct process and we certainly do not give cash discounts, this is probably a major factor as to why you have been charged and we would not want any involvement with your matter.

“I was falsely accused of rape by a 15 year old girl and was sentenced to 8 years, I have been told by other inmates if my accuser were to go into a police station and admit she lied I could be released within a few days, is this true?”

Well, well what a surprise, there are hundred’s of “Lawyers” in prison who think they know it all. First and foremost, anyone who admits they lied on Oath could be charged with “Perjury”, even Lord Archer couldn’t get away with that one! Secondly, do your “advisors” know everything there is to know about your case? Thirdly, anyone wishing to retract an allegation even after the accused was convicted, could be charged with various offences, also it would take a very seasoned person under very controlled circumstances to assist the “Complainant” in retracting their story”, We have done this on five previous occasions and believe us it’s not as easy as your fellow inmates say. Lastly if the Police or CPS did agree to the retraction (which is highly unlikely), then it would take at least 3 months for it to be processed via the appropriate channels. This area of “retraction” has been covered many a time at the Court of Appeal to no avail.