At the moment, those who make these types of false accusations don't get punished, and the law establishment says that they can't tell you who accused you due to 'privacy' reasons. Where's my goddamn bloody privacy?
good point Dave.... in cases like this the accused appears to have no rights at all.
Scotland has a slightly different law system from england (and i assume most other countries)... we have a verdict of not proven.
you may be guilty as sin (and everybody knows it).... you may be innocent of all charges.... if they can't prove it with solid evidence. you're off the hook.
it's more like the accuser having to prove your guilt rather than you having to prove your innocence.
(England are looking into adopting this law)
I can hear the judge now "so Mrs X.... what were your reasons for accusing this man of basically being a pervert and taking photos of your kids"
Mrs X "Um he had a camera with a telephoto lens and it happened to point in our general direction for 3 milliseconds"
she'd get laughed out of court.
that question should have been asked straight away by the park rangers and they should have dismissed the complaint as the paranoid ramblings of a woman who has fallen for the scare mongering.... hook line and sinker.
what's next ........do they ban Canon from making telephoto lenses because of what you could possibly use it for?
I'd imagine that i could bludgeon somebody to death with my 100-400....(it's bloody heavy enough 
)....... it doesn't make me a potential murderer because i own/use it.
