Camera phone photos save man accused of rape

An Illinois man accused of rape had the charges dropped after he showed police camera phone photos taken by him and the woman with whom he had sex, proving that the sex was consensual, according to an article in the Belleville News-Democrat.

The newspaper reports that Jennifer Vucich, the Madison County Assistant State's Attorney General, says the photos of the sex acts showed they were consensual. Vucich is quoted as saying, ""There were times when it was clear she had the camera. They weren't the kind of pictures that would be taken during a rape."

The woman pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, was fined $500 and placed on probation for a year.