Guilty of sexually assaulting a 6 year old - but no consequences

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Unbelievable! This poor child (upsetting content)

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/student-guilty-of-sex-assault-on-girl-6-will-not-be-punished-rpzdx6bmv?shareToken=a5f3f8d4d214df63fa3b4d0f4323ea4c

There is already a thread on FWR but this needs sharing as widely as possible

I was reading about Robert Black a few days ago (he murdered several young girls in the 70,s and 80,s ) he was apparently "admonished" by the Scottish courts in the 1960,s for sexually abusing a child ,the courts thought that it was a one off incident and didn't warrant further punishment ,so this isn't a new thing.

I just heard about this from this opinion piece in the Scotsman: www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/euan-mccolm-when-a-sheriff-goes-easy-on-child-abuse-we-must-speak-out-1-4866681

"Among the reasons – or, perhaps, we should consider them excuses – Sinclair gave for his decision was that the sexual assault was “the result of an entirely inappropriate curiosity of an emotionally naive teenager rather than for the purpose of sexual gratification”.

The sheriff further noted that Daniel appeared both “noticeably immature and socially awkward” and wrote that it was “fortunate that the complainer appeared to have suffered no injury or long-lasting effects”.

Reacting to Sinclair’s assertion that these offences have had no lasting impact, the young victim’s mother – quite understandably – asked how he could possibly know this. Nobody, she added, has at any point asked how her daughter is. "

"Questioned about the Daniel case in Holyrood, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made the point that sentencing matters were for the judiciary “however controversial or difficult they may be for the public”."