Words just fail me

[Jimbo 175]

A JUDGE spared a man who raped a girl of ten in a park — because she wore a “provocative” frilly bra and thong.

 

Window cleaner Keith Fenn, 25 — who could have got life in jail — will be free in just FOUR MONTHS after admitting twice having sex with the child.

 

Judge Julian Hall decided to be lenient because the girl “didn’t look 10”.

 

He caused fury earlier this year by freeing another paedophile, telling him to buy his six-year-old victim a new bicycle.

 

The judge referred to the 10-year-old as a “young woman”, and called her “very disturbed, very needy and sexually precocious”.

 

He told Oxford Crown Court: “She liked to dress provocatively. She was 10. She’d been in care since she was four.

 

“Did she look 10? Certainly not. She looked 16.”

 

Fenn, of Oxford, got two years’ jail but will soon be free because of time spent awaiting sentence. Accomplice Darren Wright, 34, of Henley-on-Thames walked free after getting just nine months.

 

Last night, campaigner Dr Michele Elliott of children’s charity Kidscape called the sentences “beyond pathetic”.

 

The NSPCC added: “There’s no excuse.”

[Guest alex]

A 25 year old shagging a 16 year old is a bit dodgy if you ask me. This however? Fuck me what is this country coming to?

[Rob W 0]

this judge sounds like he could do with some "care in the community"

[ewerk 31667]

The sex was consensual though? In as far as it can be consensual with a 10 year old.

Edited June 25, 2007 by ewerk

[Guest alex]

The sex was consensual though? In as far as it was be consensual with a 10 year old.

That's the point. Obviously her looking 16 wouldn't have been much of a defence otherwise.

[ewerk 31667]

Well then she could well have looked 16, in which case the judge may have had a point.

[Jimbo 175]

Well then she could well have looked 16, in which case the judge may have had a point.

 

I know kids, especially girls can look older than their years, but a ten yearold looking 16 ???

[Guest alex]

Well then she could well have looked 16, in which case the judge may have had a point.

He also said she'd been in care since she was four so I'm not sure he knows what fucking planet he's on if he thinks that's a mitigating factor too.

Edited June 25, 2007 by alex

[ewerk 31667]

Well then she could well have looked 16, in which case the judge may have had a point.

 

I know kids, especially girls can look older than their years, but a ten yearold looking 16 ???

 

It is a pretty big gap there but without knowing what the girl looked like we can't judge how old she appeared to be, though I reckon the judge should have erred on the side of caution and imposed a much tougher sentence.

[The Fish 11114]

I don't like the precedent this sets.

 

"Not my fault guv, I'm far sighted, I thought this 7yr old was at least 16... just short for her age"

 

what the fuck is a 25 yr old doing with a "16yr" old anyway?

[Guest alex]

Well then she could well have looked 16, in which case the judge may have had a point.

 

I know kids, especially girls can look older than their years, but a ten yearold looking 16 ???

 

It is a pretty big gap there but without knowing what the girl looked like we can't judge how old she appeared to be, though I reckon the judge should have erred on the side of caution and imposed a much tougher sentence.

The bloke who got prosecuted should have erred on the side of caution too or so you would hope.

[ewerk 31667]

Well then she could well have looked 16, in which case the judge may have had a point.

He also said she'd been in care since she was four so I'm not sure he knows what fucking planet he's on if he thinks that's a mitigating factor too.

 

Without knowing the full ins and outs of the case I'm guessing that the fact she was in care may have had pyschological effects on the girl causing her to "consensually" engage in this sort of behaviour. I'm sure there were pyschological reports submitted but without knowing what they said I'm just speculating.

[Guest alex]

Well then she could well have looked 16, in which case the judge may have had a point.

He also said she'd been in care since she was four so I'm not sure he knows what fucking planet he's on if he thinks that's a mitigating factor too.

 

Without knowing the full ins and outs of the case I'm guessing that the fact she was in care may have had pyschological effects on the girl causing her to "consensually" engage in this sort of behaviour. I'm sure there were pyschological reports submitted but without knowing what they said I'm just speculating.

This sort of thing does make for a very sensationalist sort of story and like you say, that's without knowing the full facts. I find it extremely hard to believe that the bloke involved didn't have some inkling she was underaged though. The lass sounds like a pretty tragic case which is probably the saddest thing about the whole thing.

[Tom 14021]

 

String em up tbh

[luckyluke 2]

The judge referred to the 10-year-old as a “young woman”, and called her “very disturbed, very needy and sexually precocious”.

 

He told Oxford Crown Court: “She liked to dress provocatively. She was 10. She’d been in care since she was four.

 

“Did she look 10? Certainly not. She looked 16.”

 

Sounds like he's saying she asked for it. I don't think a girl that young can legally consent to have sex IIRC, so whatever she might have 'consented to' is irrelevent.

 

His accomplice was 34 btw, if you're having consentual sex you don't have an accomplice ffs!

[ewerk 31667]

if you're having consentual sex you don't have an accomplice ffs!

 

You clearly haven't seen Dyer's sex tape.

[Gejon 2]

I really cannot see how a 10 year old girl could ever pass for 16!

[gram 0]

Well then she could well have looked 16, in which case the judge may have had a point.

 

I know kids, especially girls can look older than their years, but a ten yearold looking 16 ???

Entirely possible tbh. Some of them do look very old. I teach 16 year olds who could easily pass for 10 years older and some younguns who look like the older kids. Its just the way it is. Not excusing or condoning any of this by the way.

[Happy Face 29]

"I've not sat through the trial, I've not seen any evidence, I've not heard any testimony and I don't know anything whatsoever about either the accused or the victim. But I agree that this man should be hung from the neck until dead. He could disguise himself as a school if he only gets 2 years and is eventually released."

[Tom 14021]

"I've not sat through the trial, I've not seen any evidence, I've not heard any testimony and I don't know anything whatsoever about either the accused or the victim. But I agree that this man should be hung from the neck until dead. He could disguise himself as a school if he only gets 2 years and is eventually released."

 

You never see the hangmans face.

[Guest alex]

"I've not sat through the trial, I've not seen any evidence, I've not heard any testimony and I don't know anything whatsoever about either the accused or the victim. But I agree that this man should be hung from the neck until dead. He could disguise himself as a school if he only gets 2 years and is eventually released."

Brass Eye

[Ketsbaia 0]

"I've not sat through the trial, I've not seen any evidence, I've not heard any testimony and I don't know anything whatsoever about either the accused or the victim. But I agree that this man should be hung from the neck until dead. He could disguise himself as a school if he only gets 2 years and is eventually released."

Brass Eye

 

I think the first sentence is a reference to the furore about the Paedophilia episode aswell ("I haven't seen it but it's sick")

 

Slightly off topic but apparently Mr. Morris is working on a feature length spoof movie/documentary about suicide bombers for Channel 4. That's sure to be class