Why doesn't this surprise me.
Back in June this year a judge gives a sixteen year old boy a community service order for the rape of a 7 year old boy.
A week later he abducts and rapes a five year old boy.
What in the hell was this judge thinking letting a rapist go with a community order, which is basically letting him go free and do what he like.
You can read the article here.
The following is a quote by the judge, from the article;
"I have to say I have absolutely no hesitation whatsoever in reaching the conclusion that you are indeed a dangerous offender."
The youngster was sentenced to three years four months but with time already spent in custody taken into consideration he will serve two years, 359 days before he is assessed as being safe enough to release back into the community.
The judge admits that the boy is a danger to the public, but gives him three years.
Rape of any sort is one of the most serious offences to commit against another person, even worse if it is against a child, and he is sentenced to three years. Words fail me.
The police catch him, twice, get all the evidence against him and they send it to the Crown Prosecution Service. The CPS take him to court, where he pleads guilty. The first time he is up in front of a judge he is basically set free, and the second time he is up in front of a judge he is given three years.
Do these so called judges think that rape isn't a serious crime?
I want both of the judges to go to the families of these two boys and look them in the eye and explain why they gave this sixteen year old such short sentences.
I have said it before and i will say it again the judicial system needs changing, especially the judges. We need judges who know what it is like out in the real world, not in their pampered world they live in. Get rid of the costumes they wear and drag them into the 21st century.
I feel for the two families, especially the two young boys, whose lives have been ruined. With love and support i hope they get through this nightmare and live as happy as possible.
UPDATE:
I have just found this Blog by 'The Policeman's Blog' . It goes on about the same subject.
1 comment:
This was a serious offence, and the youth ought to have been confined indefinitely in a mental health facility the first time. But that sentence was unusually lenient and the fact is that in this country we imprison a greater proportion of our people than anywhere else in Europe. What we ought to be doing is examining the entire judicial system and looking at ways of stopping crimes of any sort before they get committed. But then - when the parents of a six year old boy, killed because he was allowed to wander onto a motorway, try to blame the council for not erecting barriers, perhaps we get some clue as to why crime in this country is such an issue.
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