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19 years for child rape

115 replies

thebody · 09/05/2012 13:26

Aibu to think this is disgraceful??? Child rape,

Should be life.

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sashh · 09/05/2012 14:41

I think the ring leader is not named because there si going to be another court case.

If you were on a jury and new 'X' had already been convicted of child rape and was serving 19 years could you really be impartial?

The statement from his solicitor is disgusting

sashh · 09/05/2012 14:45

Kendodd

Probably not. The family will say it was 'western ways' or the girls who tempted their men.

Or they will say it is a conspitacy.

The family of one of the 7/7 bombers still claims his son is innocent.

Softlysoftly · 09/05/2012 14:47

Genuine question how was it trafficking? Passing them around and abusing them was hideous enough but I though trafficking was transporting and slavery between countries??

How can that despicable person also claim that society failed them first? Well maybe to leave them so vulnerable and alone but a normal response would be protective and helping not "oh well that allows me to take full advantage then with no fear of consequence"!

nemno · 09/05/2012 14:47

Thank you sashh. I should have thought of that having been on a jury where we only heard after we found the defendant guilty that he was up for further charges. Absolutely we would have been unlikely to not use these other charges as a black mark against him. As it was we all felt after we heard that they proved we reached the right verdict!

Softlysoftly · 09/05/2012 14:49

Sashh not within all the community sorry but they will probably face the full brunt, the religion is strict and that includes sex outside of marriage, abuse etc. I would think their children will be ostracised and they will all face an outcasting and loss of status. Which actually I also disagree with as it isn't their wives and children that have done this and its them that will suffer.

Do not for one second think that these despicable men represent the culture or religion any more than a NF member represents the white culture.

ReallyTired · 09/05/2012 14:50

The ring leader is attempting to play the race/ religion card complaining the jury was all white.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17993003

His defence barrister, Simon Nichol, said his client "has objected from the start for being tried by an all white jury and subsequent events have confirmed his fears".

"He believes his convictions have nothing to do with justice but result from the faith and the race of the defendants."

I just hope that prisoners give him the level of punishment he deserves. I feel that if rapists are deemed a risk they should be kept in jail longer. It is an ethical issue deporting him to a country where there are fewer resources to police him.

Darkling · 09/05/2012 15:02

They should bring back chain gangs and hard labour for the worst offenders, rapists, murderers etc. They should have to earn their food and medical treatment, if they aren't willing/able to work they get neither of these, if they die behind bars good riddance, these animals aren't fit to be part of society and should never be allowed on the streets again.

bochead · 09/05/2012 17:11

I don't know many Pakistanis but those Afghans I'm friends with lead me to believe that the families of these men will be totally ostracised.

Noone will want their children to marry into families that have members capable of this level of depravity. Simple social occasions will see family members excluded from any hope of an invitation lest the host be seen as tainted. This is the kind of crime that will taint the reputation of the offender's family for generations.

It's important to remember that Islam sees the role of men as being the defenders and protectors of women.

Hopandaskip · 09/05/2012 17:33

I used to live in an area with a lot of Muslims when I was in college and was told several times by Muslim men that they knew some people in their community felt that they did not have to treat white women and girls with respect when they dressed like whores and sluts (and this didn't necessarily mean what you might think of, but wearing a fairly modest sundress counted for instance)

I think it was trafficking because taxi drivers were driving young girls specifically for the purpose.

I don't see why they couldn't charge them for a whole host of things to get bigger sentences. How about supplying drugs and alcohol to minors for instance.

AKMD · 09/05/2012 17:40

I thought the 19 years was alright but some of the others seemed to get off very lightly.

TBH though, I think that the death penalty would be kinder than life-long sentences. Some people do commit horrific crimes but to be condemned to a life without hope seems to be very cruel. I can't imagine how a person could stay sane in that circumstance.

Callisto · 09/05/2012 17:43

"It's important to remember that Islam sees the role of men as being the defenders and protectors of women."

I think that the above is totally irrelevant actually.

2shoes · 09/05/2012 17:44

I do hope they serve the full sentences and the ones that can be are deported after.

thebody · 09/05/2012 17:45

Alcohol to minors, trafficking, underage sex, rape, conspiracy to rape., grooming, drug trafficking and abetting a minor to take drugs!!

If that's not worth life and I mean life in prison then what is ffs!

Armed robbers get 25 years.

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PavlovtheCat · 09/05/2012 17:47

its horrific. I read the sentences thinking how these girls were systematically raped by many men over a long period of time, and the harm done to them is that which they will never ever recover from and feeling horror that some of these men got as little as 4 years for their role. And lots of concurrent sentences, which is also shocking.

But, as already said, it is actually quite long for this country. It needs to e changed.

thebody · 09/05/2012 17:48

Callisto, but which women are they protecting and defending? Just Muslim women who do as they r told?

Yes that's why honour killings are rife and non musli
Women treated with contempt, these girls were less than shit on their shoes to them,.

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GrimmaTheNome · 09/05/2012 18:32

'they did not have to treat white women and girls with respect'

OK, well they don't have to treat anyone with 'respect' if they don't respect them. However, they do have to respect and obey the law of the land.
Grooming a child isn't 'disrespecting' her Hmm- its raping her. Angry

maddening · 09/05/2012 18:45

They have played the racism card as they complained about the all white jury and are planning to appeal.

creighton · 09/05/2012 19:39

AKMD, what are you talking about? they have raped children for years and you are worried about the criminals going insane? they deserve any amount of suffering that comes their way. save your sympathy for the children who couldn't defend themselves against those animals.

bochead · 09/05/2012 19:58

How could they go insane? They already ARE insane!!! (or just plain evil!)

The solicitors statement tells me everything I need to know about just how long it will take them to even comprehend the devastating impact on their victims of their satanic actions.

I do have a couple of questions:-

1/ What noone has ever explained to me about our legal system is why crimes against property seem to be more severely punished than crimes against the person? Why do you get a lower sentence for gang rape & trafficking than for robbing a bank? I keep reading about what seem to me to be very low sentences for rape and peadophilia & it's wrong.

2/ Some of the girls involved were in the care of the local authority. How on earth were these monsters allowed to gain access to these vunerable youngsters? Teenagers in care are another topic I keep reading about in terms of their seeming vulnerability to predators - is there anything society can do to ensure they are better protected?

Callisto · 09/05/2012 20:04

Well quite, The Body.

Softlysoftly · 09/05/2012 20:09

thebody do not generalise, I would very much doubt these men treated their own female family members with "respect" perverted abusers are just that brown, black, White or polka dot blue, end of.

Asian men in general DO NOT abuse and rape children, they DO NOT think all White women are whores and sluts and believe me those "Muslim women who do as they are told" are a rare breed, I know plenty and wouldn't be quite so sure about their compliance!

These men used the westernisation of children an excuse for horrific crimes, White men use other excuses, women yet more. That's all they are fucking excuses for disgusting behaviour it does not in any way reflect a cultural trend.

Oh and "honour killings are rife" there are around 12 per year compare that to the population and to the numbers of child killings, domestic violence killings not labelled by the baying scandal hungry media as honour killings I would hardly think the word rife is appropriate.

MrsTerryPratchett · 09/05/2012 20:10

I think 19 years is a lot considering the pathetic sentences that other rapists get. However, I don't actually think that it is 'playing the race card' when a person of one race is being tried for the abuse of a person of another race and every person on the jury is the race of the victim. If I was accused of killing a Black person and was tried by an entirely Black jury I might think this had some bearing on my trial.

BTW I am not saying that they weren't guilty as sin and I hope they stay in jail for the whole 19 years.

EXmrsmascarahead · 09/05/2012 20:11

Children have been raped and you're worried that these evil bastards will go insane? AKMD. Words fail me.

pumpkinsweetie · 09/05/2012 20:14

They should be hanged, 19 years is no where near enough!
I hope the creatures rot in hell, they are not for this earth-forget human rights where these dirty b**s are concerned!!
Imo creatures like that shouldn't share the air we breath!
Poor childrens lifes ruined forever so these animals can get their kicksAngry

pumpkinsweetie · 09/05/2012 20:16

By the way im not being a racist im explaining my feelings towards any child rapist no matter what race or nationality

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