Why Are So Many Paedophiles Avoiding Prison?

[Clone]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31401660/paedo-cop-child-sex-videos-police-station-avoids-prison/

 

Surely it annoys you when people are languishing in a cell for ridiculous reasons like shouting scum at the police?

Or maybe it doesn't.

 

[DDIL]

It tells you in the article how he avoided jail.

I would hope that he has certain rules to abide by or he will find his backside straight to jail.

[10ClarionSt]

A couple of years ago, there was a case where a man who had abused his own children wasn't given a prison sentence, but had to comply with all sorts of court orders and community work. His ex-wife said she was satisfied with sentence because it would mean a great disruption for him that he wouldn't have had if he'd been in prison.

[Clone]

That's  two men's up to now.

Worrying 

[DDIL]

I suggest you go to specsavers clone!

[Deskdiary]

It's worrying isn't it.

 

There's a lot of mitigation in the linked article, but for me it counts for nothing - the fact is he was in possession of and shared sex videos of children, and yet didn't receive a custodial, but type or share some hurty words on social media and it's off to chokey.

 

It's mad.

[douglas9401]

50 years old? Perversion takes its toll it seems.

As to what 'annoys' me, where to begin. Doom-laden headlines on Answerbank that bear little or no relation to the link provided for one.

[barry1010]

You might find this interesting 

https://consult.justice.gov.uk/sentencing-council/indecent-images-children/supporting_documents/sexual%20offences_Indecent%20images%20of%20children.pdf

[naomi24]

Creature.  

[jackthehat]

I really don't care much about 'mitigation'.

Men like this need to feel the full weight of the law and be removed from decent society.

We ought to clear our gaols of the rioters and shouters and fill them with paedophiles and those who make and provide the vile content they share.

[ToraToraTora]

09:27 bang on but sadly holding up a non TROB placard will get you 2 years now. Kiddie fiddling oh that's fine! right oh!

madness.

[THECORBYLOON]

How many is, "so many"?

 

[naomi24]

Do you seriously want him to count them, Corby?

[douglas9401]

He's been told a million times not to exaggerate.

[THECORBYLOON]

NAOMI, of course I don't expect him to count them personally but "so many" could be ten, dozens or thousands.

I don't know how many he means, do you?

 

[naomi24]

No, I haven't counted them either, but that shouldn't detract from the point he's making.  Be it ten or a thousand,  they should all be banged up - in my opinion.

[jackthehat]

TCL - Any child sex offender swerving prison, is one too many.....and take it from there.

[sandyRoe]

It spoils a good argument when one set of law breakers are compared with others.

Peadophiles, those who actually abuse children and those who watch on-line, are equally guilty.  On conviction a custodial sentence should be the judges first thought.

This is a crime that can affect the victims for their entire life.

[douglas9401]

Ex polis, bet he voted Tory too. There's maybe a lesson there for us all.

Of course when I say 'us all' I don't mean every single person but that can be left to yourselves to define, depending on your particular point of view or fave AB policymaker.