I wasn’t sure where to post this, but I’m feeling upset and need to get it off my chest.
When I was 9 I was assaulted by a boy in my year and it was a big trauma for me. I did get support and I am now at peace with what happened. I couldn’t even remember his last name but my sister remembered. This weekend I found out that he was recently jailed for another assault (more serious obviously), and the article mentioned previous convictions. This has brought back so many memories, but also so much anger for the first time why such a person was allowed to be out and hurt others repeatedly.
I remember him but not in much detail. Of course we young and I would not have expected anything to happen on the back of what he did, but to think that he could
commit “previous convictions” before being locked up has me so upset, and makes me doubt that victims are ever truly considered by our justice system. I bet nobody even knows what happened to me, apart from my family and my old school and it has me so angry. I really wish there was a more stringent approach which would see people locked up to protect others, rather than to rehabilitate.