CRIME: Wrongly implicated American set free after five years
It happens everywhere and it may happen to anyone, whether you are from the third world or the United States of America; this was probably what was going through the mind of an American man who was freed from jail after a long ordeal of five years since he was accused of rape.
The American had been languishing in a Filipino jail for the last five years after he had been arrested for committing rape; he was acquitted of all charges of rape in a Manila court.
He had been lodged in the Muntinlupa jail after a Filipino woman had complained to being raped by Scott McMahon of Seattle; a jail official who was not authorized to even speak to the press revealed on conditions of anonymity that during the trial no conclusive evidence was presented to prove that the rape had indeed been committed. In short, the prosecution could not provide sufficient or convincing evidence to establish the crime for which he had been arrested and detained in the Philippines for five years.
After his release from the Muntinlupa jail in metropolitan Manila, his mother Shelly Campanella accompanied him and got him released. She was furious that he had been wrongly accused by the woman since he had filed a case against her for having traumatized his young son.
McMahon is said to have produced two children from his Filipino fiancée.
McMahon had been arrested on since April 7, 2011 after the complainant, who was the wife of one of Scott’s friends had barged into his house while yelling at the top of her voice while searching for her husband who had separated from her.
This had resulted in a traumatic experience for the son and the other reason was that she was accompanied with police officials.
McMahon’s mother expressed great relief that the five year long ordeal was over at last and that Scott was a free man after having been implicated in a false case on trumped up charges.
Umrao Singh umraoz.wordpress.com
Written for: Lars-Magnus Carlsson www.thephilippinepride.com
