Post by Adam H. KermanPost by David JohnstonPost by BTR17012 years in prison
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9s0weeonmn68mzx/Brit-1.jpg?dl=0
In that there was a charge for each picture.
Why can't we have the actual press release rather than a picture of a
lead line?
https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2021/april/paedophile-sentenced-to-over-two-years-in-prison-after-being-found-guilty-of-over-fifty-child-sex-offences/
I should point out that the headline is a lie. It was about 14 year old
girls, who are too old to appeal to paedophiles. He's tempted by young
teenage girls but they didn't go after him on evidence of being tempted
by prepubescent girls. He's potentially dangerous, sure, but let's
not lie about the potential crime he might commit. The press release
made it even more lurid by emphasizing the motive of "his own sexual
gratification". One's sexual proclivities, which are FANTASY, must never
be criminalized in a free society, only action taken intending to harm
or endanger a child sexually.
Post by Adam H. KermanThey found one girl he was in communication with, but she at no point
met him for sex. He was arrested on bait the police provided.
I should have clarified: This was from evidence on his own computer
found after the computer was seized. Police did not target him becaues
of this one possible real-world victim who did not file a complaint.
Post by Adam H. KermanI'm missing the bit in the press release as to why police targeted him
in the first place as there was no complaint.
Repeating myself: I'd sure like an explanation for how the police knew
he'd be an easy target for their bait.
Post by Adam H. KermanPost by David JohnstonPost by BTR1701Lying about your travel itinerary to the Wuhan Flu police or traveling for
10 years in prison
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xed63mdrd8cs8gx/Brit-2.jpg?dl=0
You are comparing an unusually low penalty for one crime to the
theoretical maximum for another.
I don't agree that the penalty was unusually low. Sounds about right
given that he was baited and there was no victim and everything else
stems from having photographs on a computer. I'm sure the police are
patting themselves on the back for taking a man off the streets who
would have potentially kidnapped a girl for sex. It's just that there
are lots of unsolved cases with actual victims that police never seem to
prioritize, given that cases like these are so much easier to make.
The two of you are oddly in agreement.
Johnston, if you were actually interested in discussing government
restrictions on travel in what had been a relatively free society before
Boris became prime minister, maybe you can justify your own lack of a
horrified reaction that there is a legal (not theoretical) maximum
penalty on the books of up to 10 years.
But I'm sure you are uninterested.