Eric Joyce pleads guilty to offence of making indecent image of child

Another possible reason that people including Turner and Moran have been silent about it is because they're worried for their jobs, what with IK's stepfather being the chairman of Times Newspaper Holdings Ltd.

Julie Burchill's written an article about the media silence - looking forward to reading it.

I wouldn't expect India's RL friends to comment. They're probably quietly despairing and trying to support her to see through his excuses, as do the friends of less well-connected women in similar situations. Public comments on twitter would undermine that.

One of the reasons he was given a suspended sentence was because, according to his barrister:

"Since that time, he has given up drinking, found a partner that he loves, she loves him and they have made a life together.”

If that partner is indeed IK, she has allowed their relationship to be used to mitigate Joyce's sentence.

His sentence for watching babies be raped.

Link to reporting: www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/eric-joyce-suspended-sentence-former-labour-mp-a4519216.html

I mean that they know India Knight, and probably her children, as real people, so of course they aren't commenting on twitter. It's not a case of loyalty/not loyalty, its a case of knowing how to treat somebody else as a fellow human being.

There is no reason that they should have to express every thought on every subject on twitter, and certainly no reason that they should have to make a personal statement vis a vis their colleague/friend who has not been accused of anything.

And yet people still refuse to accept that children are the most vulnerable in society.

What’s almost as disgusting as his sentence is the lack of comments on social media from certain people about today’s news - Hadley Freeman, Janice Turner and the like. Very, very disappointing. Oh wait...they’re friends with his wife

I don't think 'not commenting on social media' is a sign that they approve of his actions. I think it is a sign that they are human beings. Of course they aren't commenting on twitter.

I've written about the sentencing of Joyce and other sex offenders here:

www.uncancelled.co.uk/tie-world/eric-joyces-suspended-sentence-for-child-sex-offences-shames-us-all/

Uncancelled is a new site that aims to challenge cancel culture so thought this an appropriate place to post.

Does anyone legal know if it is possible for his sentence to be reviewed. He was sentenced in the Crown Court it is also his third offence.

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

Judges are too often swayed by sob stories. Even if only a few weeks, part of his sentence should have been in prison.

I hope India’s daughter is ok.

I hope that the disabled teen who lives with him is safe. Couldn’t care less about India Knight - she’s pathetic and desperate if she stays with him - that child’s wellbeing is what is paramount.

India’s bootlickers won’t comment on Twitter. They worry for their jobs.

A suspended sentence for masturbating over a 12mo baby being penetrated though. What a world.

Is he still with his wife?

‘Impulsive behaviour’? Is that what we’re calling it nowadays ...

He said previously that he’d be making a full statement.

What’s almost as disgusting as his sentence is the lack of comments on social media from certain people about today’s news - Hadley Freeman, Janice Turner and the like. Very, very disappointing. Oh wait...they’re friends with his wife

There's an astonishing omerta on Twitter due to his powerful, connected partner. Appalling hypocrisy and cowardice.

The judge said Joyce had "sought help" and there was evidence he had been able to "reduce, perhaps completely" his "impulsive behaviour".
What evidence, I'd like to know.

What a pathetic sentence.

But can a man like that stay out of trouble?

He’s been given eight months suspended for two years.

The judge will hopefully make sentencing remarks which will give a clearer view of events, especially around how it was discovered.

I’m sorry I was unclear, I was referring to PP’s who said that they doubted he could have been set up as no one would send unsolicited material, this clearly isn’t the case, as the police information describes.

As I said earlier in the thread he didn’t act correctly if it was as he described, and as RoyalCorgi says he admitted to searching.

It's a good example of how lack of accurate reporting is allowing Joyce's version to spread in the public domain.