In saying 30 years is not enough?

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cjeng8nnn5kt

This scum gets 30 years of free board and accomodation after destroying so many lives. I hope the other prisoners give him hell but I have a feeling he might be enjoying that.

But what happens after 30 years, or is then even a possibility of early release? He will still be young enough to be able to carry out such perversions, why isn't chemical castration at least an option for such despicable human beings??

High chance he’ll be murdered in prison…and all the better for it

Nobody will be giving him hell in prison
He will be segregated and given one-to-one protection for many many years
They will learn their lesson from what happened to Huntley and it won’t be allowed to happen again in a hurry

I heard one report saying he will serve at least 2/3 behind bars then poss release after that but on sex offenders list etc

I just can't see the justice in that.
He has done some of the most vile things imaginable and seems to be getting off pretty much scot free.

What he did is the worst of the worst. That sentence is not enough.

I don’t understand why just because someone doesn’t kill, they don’t get life in prison? Ian Huntley got life, as he should.

Sexual crime towards babies is as bad as murder.

He should be put down like a dangerous dog.

In the short term, yes, down the line? no, he'll be a target.

He should have been given a whole life tariff or whatever it is they can do to keep someone locked up forever.

He cannot change.

He won’t last 30 years in prison

I agree some people should never be released, rehabilitation for sex offenders so rarely works and I am not sure it really is ever successful just they do not get caught

He will not have an easy time in prison, the threat is there and sex offenders are the most at risk

And should he be released he should have to live under the highest levels of monitoring as possible and that includes wearing a tag

We need proper life sentences like in America or the death penalty

castration needed

'Anna' in the article knew there was something weird about him. Trust your gut!

Shame he cannot have a whole-life tariff.

Fairly sure 30 years in prison doesn't fit the definition of scot free 🤦‍♂️

He's going to spend a minimum of 20 years behind bars, the remainder on licence. That's even assuming it's adjudged he's fit to be released after 20 years, and I have a hard time imagining that will be the case. Even if he is, he'll be on the sex offenders register for the remainder of his life, and severely restricted in what he can do in terms of employment and who he can come into contact with.

In what way is being deprived of liberty for likely at least 30 years "getting off pretty much scot free"?

I also think the people who were told of his behaviour and the nursery managers should be looked at. Evil is only allowed to happen if the innocent turn a blind eye....

I agree what he's done is vile and I hope he never walks the streets again. But 30 years is not getting off scot free. It's a long sentence.... ideally it would be longer imo so he dies in prison.

Probably a Huntley existence and death.🤞

I completely understand and agree regarding emotions but what makes anybody think he has got away "pretty much scot free".

It's a term that is used often around people who think they should be sentenced to death.

Irrespective of sentencing a 30 yr sentence is a million miles from scot free.

We aren't going to be sentencing anybody to death in the UK so knowing this vile creature is not walking amongst us is the next best thing

Why?

I remember hearing adults discussing this when I was a kid (there was some news report about the Death Penalty, maybe 30 years after its abolition?) and an auntie saying whatever the worst penalty is must be for murder/treason, and the reason it wasn't used for rape was because that would increase the chance of a rapist killing his victim, because he would have nothing left to lose.
Whether we're talking hanging or life imprisonment, the argument was there has to be something worse for taking life to reduce the chance of an offender killing the victim, as if they're going to get the same penalty anyway, they might kill them,

Wont it be a minimum of 30 years before he can apply for parole ?

I trained as a probation officer and this is what we were told in one of our lectures. There is apparently research that backs this up.

Killing the person also means you're less likely to be caught as there's no one to accuse/identify you.

What this guy has done is horrific and I fully understand why people would want him locked up forever. But the Judge will have had guidelines and would have had to stay within those guidelines (otherwise it leaves it open to appeal).

Well, they didn't "learn their lesson" with Watkins, so...? 🤷‍♀️

Because people like this should never step foot in public again. Its odd to me that you think someone like this should be back out in society

No they have said at least 2/3rds behinds bars according to bbc news so he got 20 years and 6 years on licence

And what do you think about the argument presented above that there has to be something worse for taking life?