Here we have two cases:
Case 1: Man jailed for for four years for the attempted rape of a 15 year old boy
Case 2: Woman handed two-year suspended sentence for "unlawful sexual intercourse" of a 15 year old boy
In case 1 the man didn't actually have sex with the boy, only attempted to and was sentenced to four years jail.
In case 2 the woman DID have sex with the boy, the boy cried rape, it went to trial and, instead of being found guilty of rape, statutory rape, etc she was found guilty of "unlawful sexual intercourse" and won't spend a single day in jail.
Notice how the reporting style of the two crimes differ. The whole report about the attempted rape detail the details surround the event and the one about the ACTUAL rape go on to talk about 'feelings' and 'regret'. Never mind that the boy who said he was raped probably didn't have a say in her basically walking free and that he was clearly unhappy she got to walk away un-punished.
Lady Justice may be blind, but it certainly seems to weigh into the equation the gender of the guilty when determining sentence!
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