Canada - Judge to rape victim 'Why couldn't you just keep your knees together?'

kmclaren · Sep 12, 2016

This Canadian judge, who is from South Africa is facing removal after making some outrageous statements during a rape trial in 2014. Some of his comments:

"Why couldn't you just keep your knees together?"
"Young wom[e]n want to have sex, particularly if they're drunk."
Camp asked her why she didn't "skew her pelvis" or push her bottom into the sink to avoid penetration.

He acquitted the guy but it was overturned and he will be retried in November...

His defence is that he wasn't familiar with Canadian law (???). Yet he was since then, promoted from provincial to federal court!

[video]http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/12/world/robin-camp-rape-comments-trnd/index.html?sr=fbCNN091216robin-camp-rape-comments-trnd0427PMStoryLink&linkId=28649575[/video]

kaen · Sep 12, 2016

Those comments don't make me sick to my stomach or anything!

Belle4 · Sep 12, 2016

Oh my goodness, he isn't fit to be a judge. This is so awful.

TTF14 · Sep 12, 2016

What?!?

kmclaren · Sep 12, 2016

He's got he own wiki entry now...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Camp

ohreally · Sep 12, 2016

Wow says a lot of him as a man.

Dockins · Sep 12, 2016

Says a lot about the state of affairs for rape victims in South Africa.

charminglane · Sep 12, 2016

What a mockery of the victim.
Callous *advertiser censored*.

jjenny · Sep 12, 2016

And mockery of the system as well. He claims he had minimal knowledge of Canadian law? Then why is he a judge?

zencompass · Sep 12, 2016

Here's a good article about him as well: (So glad the world is watching!) This is outrageous in this day and age.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/judge-faces-possible-career-ruin-over-a-rape-trial-derailed-by-myths

zencompass · Sep 12, 2016

Dockins said:
Says a lot about the state of affairs for rape victims in South Africa.

Dear Dockins, Brilliant. You have said it all! I just had a chill thinking about this.

zencompass · Sep 12, 2016

Belle4 said:
Oh my goodness, he isn't fit to be a judge. This is so awful.

I wholeheartedly agree with you Belle4 !

Robert Camp has been speaking about a course he is taking which is helping him understand why he is being criticized.

That right there (he does not understand why he is being criticized) is why he should not be a judge - and never have any authority over anyone anywhere.

Trvl4Lyfe · Sep 14, 2016

Hoping he gets removed. Disgusting comment says a lot about him just as a man.

kmclaren · Mar 9, 2017

Report published that recommended his removal, he has apparently resigned effective tomorrow.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justice-robin-camp-judicial-council-1.4017233

I missed this little gem the 1st time - he referred to the rape victim as the "accused" several times and even again in the investigation. It boggles the mind how this man got to be a federal court judge...

"Court transcripts from the 2014 sexual assault trial show Camp, who was then a provincial court judge, called the complainant, who was homeless and 19 years old at the time of the alleged assault, "the accused" numerous times a mistake he repeated at the judicial council hearing before correcting himself."

MaryG12 · Mar 9, 2017

Wow.

What I have to say about this 'judge' cannot be written on this site.

Blondie in Spokane · Mar 10, 2017

Good riddanice!

U2forever · Mar 10, 2017

Oh, no he didn't!!
There's a few choice words made for this pompous a##, and since he is not worth the dirt under my shoes, or a lifetime ban,
I must zip it and zip it good! :silenced:

I wish he could take Horry County Circuit Court Judge Markley Dennis (Myrtle Beach, SC) with him, on his way down.

FrostOwl · Mar 1, 2021

May 2018:
‘Knees together’ judge Robin Camp wins bid to be reinstated as lawyer in Alberta
I wonder what kind of clients he will have.

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