Man hangs himself after being falsely accused of raping women and children

[FierceKiten]

A man who lost his job after being falsely accused of a horrific sex crime has been found hanged in a shed.

Ian Adams, 51, was suspended and then sacked from his job at a local IKEA store after his employers received a letter saying he had raped a woman and her two children.

The writer claimed to be a journalist on a local newspaper, but the name and address in the letter were false and the author has never been traced.

Police confirmed that Mr Adams, from Highams Park East, London, had never been arrested or convicted of a sexual offence or had any complaints made against him.

Mr Adams' life went downhill as he struggled to recover from the accusations.

He failed to get his job back after being sacked in January. His drinking led to problems with his partner and he spent the last few nights of his life sleeping in a storage shed at the bottom of the block of flats in which he lived.

A neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said: "If it wasn't for that letter he would still be here, I am sure of it.

"He was happy and full of himself when he was working, he was more or less dancing on his way to work. But he went from working all day to doing nothing.

"He went down and down, poor chap, and we should have seen the warning signs."

Another neighbour, Darren Lupton, 34, said: "He was doing well, he was off the drink for a long time when he had the job, but when he lost it he was devastated."

Mr Adams worked for a contractor named Symonds employed by IKEA to collect trolleys. Both Symonds and Ikea appeared to blame one another for the loss of his employment. Ikea claimed that it had only suspended him from the premises until Symonds had carried out an investigation, while Symonds claimed that it had no choice but to let him go because Ikea would not let him work on its premises.

Source l DailyMail.co.uk

[celeb_2006]

Sad

[msdeb]

thats horrible.

[Honey]

That's tragic, mud sticks Whoever wrote that note should be ashamed

[Sarzy]

That's nasty. Why would someone have written claims like that? He must have had an enemy somewhere I would have thought? I hope they find who wrote it.

[yanna]

What a nasty accusation to make against someone

And wth, I read that he was accused of raping "women and chicken".

[Morticia]

Oh how awful and sad What were Ikea thinking just taking this letter at face value and not checking it out. I hope the person who did this feels such shame and regret. How low can you get.

[LynnieD]

So someone just sent a letter to this guys employers accusing him of horrible things and they BELIEVED it and fired him? Has to be more to it than that....
You don't just fire someone over a letter.

Wow, that is horrible.

[crumpet]

Well, I've seen more than a few people on here take the 'Hang the Bastard!" position after reading about an accusation. Take for example that crazy preacher's wife from Tenn. who shot her husband in the back. How many here were already condemning him saying he 'must have done something' to her or her kids to deserve that?

[Folieadeux]

This is horrible.

False rape allegations are disgusting. Whoever wrote this letter should be held accountable for their slander.