Re: 鈥淧ort Moody mayor takes leave to fight charge of sex assault,鈥� March 29.
I am having difficulty understanding the law that allows the mayor of Port Moody or, for that matter, any other male or female who is charged with a sexual offence, to be named publicly, yet his/her accuser must remain anonymous.
If he/she is convicted, go ahead and publish, but I have difficulty understanding this concept of law. It is pretty easy to ruin someone鈥檚 reputation with an accusation.
I think if the news media are going to publish any names, it should be after conviction. They should not be allowed to publish any names up front.
Paul Ellegood
Courtenay
