Does anyone else think 4yrs was not enough

[Phoenix2014]

Shocked that the ex primary school teacher who pleaded guilty to over 50 sexual offences got just 4 yrs!
They just described some of the offences which were pretty horrific.
I'm not normally a lock 'em up and throw away the key sort, but this sentence seems so light!
What do others think?

Don't know the case but thats disgraceful!!

Be out in 2/3. Get less for theft where no ones hurt.

Poor kids :(

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Definitely not long enough :(

my friends ex husband got a two year suspended sentence he didnt even go inside then he violated his probation he got another suspended sentence

where is the flipping punishment in that he will violate again some kid will get hurt and a parent will be left wondering what they did wrong dont get me started on the effects on the child

woops didnt make it clear he is a phedofile

Oops, yes, sorry. He's a paedophile, assaulted about 40 children, and had thousands of images on a computer.

Ten times that sentence wouldn't be long enough. I wonder what the sentencing guidelines are? So many victims, and so very young, too.

I heard about this briefly in the news and thought exactly the same - why only 4 years?

Haven't wanted to look into what he actually did but 4 years????

Hopefully the case will get called in for sentencing review and increased.

There needs to be a very high minimum sentence for child abuse- starting at say 20 years and increased from there with no early release etc.

Makes me sick that in this country you probably get a higher sentence for white collar fraud than you would child abuse.

Four years??

I know whoever handed that out has to weigh it up with other serious crimes etc, but that's fucking ridiculous.

It's like what those children went through doesn't mean anything.

I know a longer sentence won't stop even one child from being abused, but I want someone who does something a lot of people care about to at least be seen to have been punished a bit.

He's going to think he's alright carrying on because nothing will be done if he's caught anyway.

I know someone who done fraud and got 6 Years for stealing a bunch of people's details and getting credit cards in their names. Not a victimless crime granted. But were their lives/future relationships destroyed? Not permanently. Yes their credit rating would have been affected etc BUT they wouldn't have to suffer such enormous consequences of it.

4 years is NOTHING. I believe that people like this need to be kept away from society as what's stopping them doing it to some other poor child?

Wonder why such a short sentence?

Apparently the public can protest against such short sentences. But I can't find the link.