20 Months!! I Am Disgusted At Such A Lenient Sentence

[cassa333]

This man should have been given 20 years not months.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-40796362

[Smowball]

Dear god!!

[jno]

that isn't much, is it? Considering the American got 30 years.

[hc4361]

The chap who got 30 years was the rapist.
This sentence does seem lenient as the British court gave another viewer 11 years

[WELSHYORKIE]

Should've had his gnads chopped off too

[TWR]

I've only read the first 2 / 3 lines, these people disgust me, they want the alls removed the dirty filthy basds, regards the sentence, you get more for parking on Double Yellows, the justice system in the country is surly out dated.

[david small]

What a disgusting sad specimen of humanity. Perhaps in jail he may experience the trauma that the poor boy endured.

[johnk]

Did you attend the trial or is your judgement just guided by the media?

[naomi24]

johnk, I didn’t attend the trial and the judgement I’ve made isn’t guided by the media but I agree with the OP. There is nothing – absolutely nothing – that is ‘okay’, acceptable, or defensible, about what this disgusting excuse for a human being has done.

[murraymints]

vile !

[youngmafbog]

I'm not sure why we need to attend a trial - the vile specimen of a man admitted it.

I agree, 20 years not months would seem appropriate. That and something a piece of cheesewire could sort out.

//Perhaps in jail he may experience the trauma that the poor boy endured. //
Unlikely, he will undoubtedly spend his time in the NONCE wing with scum of his own ilk. However, when he is released this will still be raw so I wouldnt fancy his chances too much.

[TWR]

Johnk, going off your reply, you agree with the sentence do you?

[Old_Geezer]

Consistency in sentencing is important, but I don't believe someone who didn't commit the act is being treated overly leniently. One can argue over the exact length of sentence that fits the crime, but I'd have thought 20 months was sufficient to deter him in future. (Not to mention the humiliation of all his neighbours now knowing what he got up to.) What would be more useful is to see what can be done to curb those desires both whilst he's in gaol and afterwards.

[-Talbot-]

"I do give you the benefit of doubt with the issue of whether you understood that you were watching a live event."


What The Funicular I would wager he knew but what difference should it make?
Disgustingly lenient sentence.

[anotheoldgit]

Yes I agree a far too lenient sentence, especially for a person who was once in charge of children.

[cassa333]

Isn't there some 'body' or sectionof the law that looks at sentencing and can up it?

Maybe someone should be looking at that.

[youngmafbog]

//What would be more useful is to see what can be done to curb those desires both whilst he's in gaol and afterwards.//

Length of cheesewire or a skinheads strategically placed boot should sort it out.

[Barmaid]

Cassa, anyone can make an application to the Attorney General to review the sentence on the grounds it is unduly lenient. If the AG agrees it is referred to the Court of Appeal.

Brief details here:-

https://www.gov.uk/ask-crown-court-sentence-review

[anotheoldgit]

youngmafbog

//What would be more useful is to see what can be done to curb those desires both whilst he's in gaol and afterwards.//

Wait for it YMB, I can see that in the not too distance future such acts will be classed as a mental illness.

[hereIam]

Apparently he's a 'broken man', I wonder how broken the little child is !! 20 months, bloody hell ......