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I’d want to do the same - mother kills children’s abuser

616 replies

HermioneKipper · 24/11/2022 08:18

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/sarah-sands-kill-sex-abuse-paedophile-b2231508.html

i think any parent would do the same if given the chance

OP posts:
Namechangedforthisonetoday · 24/11/2022 13:41

I don’t think a life sentence is quite the deterrent you think it is And enlighten me Onnabugeisha, if these monsters are locked up for life, how will they be able to reoffend? I’m going to take a chance on it and say that going to an adult prison for life gives them less chance to access a child than walking the streets of our society.

Onnabugeisha · 24/11/2022 13:43

Kanaloa · 24/11/2022 13:39

I felt it was flippant. She responded to my comment about how I find the ‘women do it too’ whataboutery disrespectful with ‘whatevs.’ That response to this horrific crime and the social issues around it is flippant.

But clearly you’re from the same viewpoint, so unsurprising that you’ve taken up for them.

Hang on, @Kanaloa . You misquoted me completely, so your feelings of flippancy are unfounded.

I was unsettled at your comment of “fuck them, cut off their dick if they can’t be murdered in the streets”

Thats a valid comment, but instead of saying yeah my language is a bit violent but I don’t care you go all DARVO on me and start whinging about how my use of “whatever” has unsettled you. Come off it now.

LaGioconda · 24/11/2022 13:43

Butitsnotfunnyisititsserious · 24/11/2022 12:03

He was awaiting trial. So obviously it was.

It wasn't as he got away with it many times before and he was still free to walk around whilst awaiting trial. If anything he should have been kept in jail until the trial. He had previous convictions, they know damn well he was guilty.

Unfortunately we don't, because we were deprived of the chance to bring him to trial.

Bigpinkfish · 24/11/2022 13:44

"As soon as we start condoning vigilante justice it's the way to mob rule and anarchy."

I agree with this.
I understand why she did it but society cannot support people taking the law into their own hands.

Onnabugeisha · 24/11/2022 13:44

Namechangedforthisonetoday · 24/11/2022 13:41

I don’t think a life sentence is quite the deterrent you think it is And enlighten me Onnabugeisha, if these monsters are locked up for life, how will they be able to reoffend? I’m going to take a chance on it and say that going to an adult prison for life gives them less chance to access a child than walking the streets of our society.

You’ve completely missed my points. So I feel it is futile to engage further with you.

Thelnebriati · 24/11/2022 13:45

If you dont want vigilante 'justice' make sure people have access to the ordinary kind.

Namechangedforthisonetoday · 24/11/2022 13:46

I’d probably recommend not engaging further with lagioconda at this point. They have continually attempted to minimise what happened to these children by appearing to disbelieve them. We are all fully aware that he hadn’t gone to trial, we are all also fully aware he was guilty.

Namechangedforthisonetoday · 24/11/2022 13:47

No, Onnabugeisha, I showed you that you were incorrect on some of your points. There is a difference.

FunnyTalks · 24/11/2022 13:47

Thelnebriati · 24/11/2022 13:45

If you dont want vigilante 'justice' make sure people have access to the ordinary kind.

Beautifully put

purplyviolet · 24/11/2022 13:48

I don't think I'd be capable of what she did but I think only she can be the judge of what she did working for her.
I think it was really sad she had to be away from her boys after all that though. I think that was wrong and maybe a suspended sentence would have been more appropriate. I highly doubt she would have killed anyone else going forward and I thought the point of prison is rehabilitation.

Kanaloa · 24/11/2022 13:49

Onnabugeisha · 24/11/2022 11:39

Whatever, still wrong to stab him to death. She’s no hero in my eyes.

@Onnabugeisha

Just so you can stop saying I’m misquoting you, that’s your response to me saying this man had abused children over twenty times and that children were not being safeguarded from him.

It was flippant. I am not misquoting you, that’s your quote in its entirety.

I said ‘he changed his name and did this over twenty times, he was not in jail/would not be in jail long enough to keep children safe.’ You responded ‘whatever.’

Later in the thread it was ‘whatevs’ when I expanded on how the justice system does not safeguard from these men. Where do you think I’m performing DARVO? Why do you not think his is a flippant response?

LaGioconda · 24/11/2022 13:49

SomePosters · 24/11/2022 12:33

Your post is very insensitive.

I have quite enough trauma without playing through your imaginary scenarios for your entertainment

I don’t think she should have done time for it… if the justice system actually targeted predators and kept their victims safe then she wouldn’t have.

That should be the focus here not how you imagine my preschool age self would have coped with my mum going to prison.

The justice system should be held to account for the predators it releases back into society.
In this case he had double figure convictions

Why is anyone wasting time talking about their mum leaving it to the police when the police had their chance to keep people safe and let her children be abused.

doesn’t fill you with faith in the system if you have actually experienced it

No, it isn't insensitive. You chose to cite your own experience on a public forum in order to make a point; you cannot reasonably seek to prevent people challenging that point. The simple fact here is that three vulnerable children were left without the support of their mother, directly as a result of her actions.

PurpleButterflyWings · 24/11/2022 13:50

@HermioneKipper 100% agree with you. Apparently, this creature had a criminal record littered with multiple offences over the past few decades..... abuse, rape, sexual assault, harassment, all sorts of nasty shit against women.

And yes, the mother did the right thing. I am just sorry she had to go to jail for it. She did humanity a favour.

Kanaloa · 24/11/2022 13:51

Onnabugeisha · 24/11/2022 13:43

Hang on, @Kanaloa . You misquoted me completely, so your feelings of flippancy are unfounded.

I was unsettled at your comment of “fuck them, cut off their dick if they can’t be murdered in the streets”

Thats a valid comment, but instead of saying yeah my language is a bit violent but I don’t care you go all DARVO on me and start whinging about how my use of “whatever” has unsettled you. Come off it now.

And as for misquoting - that’s you. I never ever said that. So it’s you with the DARVO. You’re implying your response was to me using violent language - it wasn’t. You responded to me saying this had been done for years with no safeguarding for children with ‘whatever.’ You’re now pretending I said some other random thing to try to pretend you were not flippant.

Namechangedforthisonetoday · 24/11/2022 13:51

kanaloa honestly, don’t bother. It’s like talking to a brick wall.

Onnabugeisha · 24/11/2022 13:51

Namechangedforthisonetoday · 24/11/2022 13:46

I’d probably recommend not engaging further with lagioconda at this point. They have continually attempted to minimise what happened to these children by appearing to disbelieve them. We are all fully aware that he hadn’t gone to trial, we are all also fully aware he was guilty.

No @LaGioconda hasnt disbelieved the victims. They are simply advocating for due process of law, which is a human right. For all humans. Even the ones you hate.

LaGioconda · 24/11/2022 13:52

Kanaloa · 24/11/2022 12:33

Which option involves this man not raping children again?

And she did turn herself in - she did a strong thing that this man himself refused to do. She took ownership of her actions.

The option that stops him raping again is letting the case go to trial and supporting the children in giving evidence against him. For all the totally unsupported claims on here, the reality is that he would have got a long sentence which he probably wouldn't have even survived.

Kanaloa · 24/11/2022 13:52

Namechangedforthisonetoday · 24/11/2022 13:51

kanaloa honestly, don’t bother. It’s like talking to a brick wall.

In my experience brick walls are well built and useful. More like speaking to a pile of horse shit blocking the path.

Very aggravating to be blatantly misquoted then told I’m the one misquoting though!

Namechangedforthisonetoday · 24/11/2022 13:52

We are all advocating for due process, we’d just like proper justice at the end of it! And no, I don’t mean killing anyone, I mean sentences that adequately reflect the severity of the crime. Although I know you’re not keen on those, seeing as they’ll affect your taxes.

LaGioconda · 24/11/2022 13:54

Namechangedforthisonetoday · 24/11/2022 12:39

lagioconda what do you define as a ‘low level photograph?’ That’s an interesting turn of phrase. Photographs of abuse are photographs of abuse. They are pictures of innocent little children being hurt, whatever ‘level’ or category they are placed in. It is also well known that as sex offenders become ‘immune’ to those ‘low level’ photographs, they will seek out more explicit content. Do you know what ‘hurtcore’ is? There can be no grey area for these people. It’s black and white. If you enjoy viewing images of children being sexually abused, you are a paedophile and you must be removed from society. Whether they are physically hurting the child themselves or not, someone is and they are getting off on it.

I am defining it purely and simply within the definitions used in the law. Please don't try to suggest otherwise.

Onnabugeisha · 24/11/2022 13:54

Kanaloa · 24/11/2022 13:51

And as for misquoting - that’s you. I never ever said that. So it’s you with the DARVO. You’re implying your response was to me using violent language - it wasn’t. You responded to me saying this had been done for years with no safeguarding for children with ‘whatever.’ You’re now pretending I said some other random thing to try to pretend you were not flippant.

Well maybe I have mixed you up with another poster, it’s really hard when people stick their oars into conversations. And like Shy I have acquired brain injuries from a few too many bonks on the head, so I lack the cognitive ability to keep track of you all. All I remember is I was objecting to the violent language (which I have quoted faithfully although I may have misattributed it to you) and then you objected to my objecting to it. Anyway, what’s your excuse?

KimberleyClark · 24/11/2022 13:54

Thelnebriati · 24/11/2022 13:10

The problem is that we will never know for sure what he did or didn't do in relation to this accusation because he never came to trial

The problem is that men with convictions are allowed to obtain a new identity, erase their past, and evade DBS checks.

"Once they have changed their names, they are able to get a new driving licence and passport in that name," says Sarah Champion. "That enables them to get a new DBS check. And we are finding that these people are then going into schools and other places where there are children and vulnerable people and exploiting their positions of trust in the most horrific ways."
www.bbc.com/news/uk-63636409

Greater use of biometric technology might be able to prevent this in future.

Namechangedforthisonetoday · 24/11/2022 13:55

‘For all the totally unsupported claims on here, the reality is that he would have got a long sentence which he probably wouldn't have even survived.‘

Please provide evidence to support this unsupported claim lagioconda.

Thelnebriati · 24/11/2022 13:55

For all the totally unsupported claims on here, the reality is that he would have got a long sentence which he probably wouldn't have even survived.
Thats an unsupported claim.

TOO OLD FOR JAIL One of UK’s oldest sex attackers who duped women with ‘elderly gent’ act avoids jail as judge says prison could kill him
www.thesun.co.uk/news/13448164/sex-pest-duped-women-avoids-jail/

A JUDGE took pity on a sex offender and decided sending him to prison would be “utterly cruel”.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sex-offender-avoids-jail-because-845593

One third of convicted sex offenders across England and Wales avoid prison
Adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 13 are among those who have not been jailed
www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/19/one-third-of-convicted-child-abusers-across-england-and-wales-avoid-prison

LaGioconda · 24/11/2022 13:55

PinkButtercups · 24/11/2022 12:40

You bloody well do. I'd happily do time to protect my babies.

How do you protect your babies from inside a prison?