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To feel pleased to read about the death of a paedophile in prison.

282 replies

EllebellyBeeblebrox · 14/10/2019 16:40

I have to admit when I read about the death of Richard Huckle it was quite literally the best news I've heard for weeks. Im not usually a death penalty advocate but this genuinely feels like justice to me.

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Dita73 · 14/10/2019 19:25

Good riddance to the evil bastard. Hopefully whoever did it will do a couple more next time

LightsInOtherPeoplesHouses · 14/10/2019 19:25

Not pleased, no, but as someone who was abused not sad either. Nothing can change what he did or what he put those children through.

Of course it shouldn't have been able to happen.

bloodywhitecat · 14/10/2019 19:27

Hope his innocent victims are feeling some closure and relief today.

My mum was abused by a paedophile ring from the age of 3 right through until she met my dad at 19, she felt none of those things when her abusive father committed suicide. In fact, the only thing she felt was guilt.

Fifthtimelucky · 14/10/2019 19:29

I don't know how true it is, but I've often heard that when someone commits suicide in prison, their victims do not feel justice is served because they consider death the easy way out rather than the guilty person having to suffer the consequences of their crimes for the next 20-30 years. This may feel the same.

I cannot bring myself to be happy that anyone has been murdered in prisoner out. But I can be glad that this man will never be free.

Wereeaglesdare · 14/10/2019 19:29

@IfIHadAPenny
Just completely took what I said the wrong way when the fuck did I say poor pedos. Chemical castration is a way these urges can be controlled so yes I think preventative measures should be taken. BUT DID I NOT JUST SAY I'M A SUPPORTER OF THE DEATH PENALTY FOR CONVICTED PEDOS.
Lets have it your way though wait until yet another child is raped and then decide what we do with them.

EC22 · 14/10/2019 19:30

I was unmoved.

NoCauseRebel · 14/10/2019 19:37

I think there are two different issues here.

The one is that whoever killed him will have been serving a sentence for his own crimes and no-one knows what those were so I don’t think it’s ok to suggest that the person who did it was in the right.

However, I had never heard of him before today and when I read about him I was horrified and all I can think is that I could never feel sympathy for the fact such an evil bastard is dead.

IfIHadAPenny · 14/10/2019 19:44

Wereeaglesdare do you genuinely think hordes of predators would volunteer for chemical castration to stop themselves offending?

If they were that engaged in staying safe they'd make sure they avoided any and all contact with children as well as having zero internet connection.

The reality is the majority of offenders offend because they choose to and want to, they believe their desires trump the safety and rights of others. This is the nature of abuse. If they cared enough about offending to find a 'safe space', they wouldn't abuse in the first place: and this just not in their nature.

NoCauseRebel · 14/10/2019 19:45

As for suggesting that there be a service where pedophiles can get help with their urges, do people really believe that such lowlife would access it?

The man practically delighted in what he did. He was writing a manual and about to share his images on the dark web.

I haven’t read his online diary mercifully but the news story alone was enough.

Someone like this can never be helped and should never again have been released. There are certain crimes or levels of crimes which cannot be rehabilitated and this is one of them.

I don’t generally agree with the death penalty, but given this man was never going to serve an actual life sentence I can’t bring myself to be sad that he’s dead.

As for the parents, it must be awful to realise that you have such a child, but tbh if he was mine then I would have considered him dead from the moment that I’d found out what he’d done.

puppyconfetti · 14/10/2019 19:49

As for the parents, it must be awful to realise that you have such a child, but tbh if he was mine then I would have considered him dead from the moment that I’d found out what he’d done.

Exactly. Im baffled at the 'he was still someone's son' comments. Any hurt they would suffer from Liao g their son surely happened a long time before his death.

LakieLady · 14/10/2019 19:55

Chemical castration is a way these urges can be controlled

The urge to abuse is often more to do with power than sexual desire, so chemical castration may not do anything to "control" these urges.

OooErMissus · 14/10/2019 19:59

I'm of the opinion that there very much is a fate worse than death.

The people (children) this man abused live out a fate worse than death.

Madeleine McCann, if she is still alive, is almost certainly living out a fate worse than death.

Living life, imprisoned as a hated paedophile would be a fate worse than death.

So actually, by killing him, that's probably preferable for him.

Personally - I'd rather he was rotting and suffering in prison.

LightsInOtherPeoplesHouses · 14/10/2019 20:19

The people (children) this man abused live out a fate worse than death.

Can only speak for myself but I'm happier being alive, however difficult and painful it has been sometimes, and I'm sure I'm not the only abuse survivor who feels that way.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 14/10/2019 20:23

YANBU.
One less disgusting paedo In the world, fab news.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 14/10/2019 20:25

@OooErMissus. Who’s to say Madeleine McCann is living a fate worse than death (If she is alive). She could have been taken by a couple who are desparate for a child.

siring1 · 14/10/2019 20:27

Nobody is sad this man is dead but do we really need a thread to celebrate a murder?

This thread says a lot about Munsnetters

maddening · 14/10/2019 20:28

I hope his death was full of fear and pain quite frankly.

IfIHadAPenny · 14/10/2019 20:28

The people (children) this man abused live out a fate worse than death.

As a survivor myself, I find this comment a bit insensitive. I've worked hard to build a happy, good and fulfilling life, and I'm very glad to still be breathing.

Bananasandchocolatecustard · 14/10/2019 20:32

I hope the person who murdered him doesn’t get charged.

siring1 · 14/10/2019 20:33

So many Daily Mail readers in one place.

PapayaCoconut · 14/10/2019 20:33

I will admit that I sometimes Google the name "Ayeeshia-Jane Smith", hoping to find out that the revolting monster who killed her has been brutally murdered in prison. I can honestly say that her case made me change my mind about the death penalty.

maddening · 14/10/2019 20:34

Ah siring dfod

NoCauseRebel · 14/10/2019 20:35

Not sure it’s appropriate to bring up Madeleine McCann here given that no-one actually knows what happened to her. Speculating on any count is insensitive especially on a thread where we do know what the perpetrator had done...

StarlingsInSummer · 14/10/2019 20:35

I’m not exactly breaking my heart about this, I have to say.

EmeraldShamrock · 14/10/2019 20:36

@bloodywhitecat Flowers for your DM.Sad

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