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    Girl raped by boys spared jail tells BBC judge's decision was like 'rock in my face'
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    Girl raped by boys spared jail tells BBC judge’s decision was like ‘rock in my face’

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    2. GJonesie99 on

      Yet another disgusting misogynistic judge. I hope the women in his life abandon him for this out of fear for their safety. People like these rapists and this judge make me fearful for women in our country.

    3. Nuthetes on

      Judge should be struck off immediately. He clearly isn’t fit for purpose if he lets a pair of rapists walk free.

      I will vote for any party which brings in a minimum 20 years for any rape, even if it is Reform who propose it.

      We have become the rape capital of Europe and it needs tackling immediately.

    5. LuinAelin on

      How the hell did serial rapists who filmed their crime and uploaded it online, basically sharing child porn, avoid jail?

    6. Sarcasmed on

      >who had said on Thursday he wanted to avoid “criminalising” the “very young” boys

      How can that be an actual argument. They committed a crime. Why does he feel compelled to save them from the consequences

    7. DeirdreBarstool on

      I just can’t get my head round this whole thing, it’s been playing on my mind a lot. 

      Imagine you COULD accept what the judge said about not wanting to criminalise young kids (I can’t). Imagine you COULD ignore how they have destroyed the life of an innocent girl.  

      Putting all that aside, how can they not be considered a danger to society and be locked up on the basis of that alone? 

    9. ascension2121 on

      I really hope the girls know there has been a public backlash to this appalling sentencing, and that so many people are incredibly upset for them. Their experiences are not invalidated by the shitty judge’s comments or sentencing.

    10. mickey_kneecaps on

      I’m in favour of life sentences for rape. Don’t see why society should bear the risk of reoffending. Domestic violence too while we’re at it.

    11. lookitsthesun on

      Unironically replace judges with AI until we find out what the hell is going on.

    12. FornyHucker22 on

      little fuckers should suffer, they were old enough to know what they were doing fucking judge

    13. Jack5970 on

      The system of youth justice in this country is broken and needs fundamental reform.

      It’s well intentioned, not wanting to write off someone’s future for minor crimes, but this isn’t minor crime, this is exceptionally predatory behaviour that statistically they are likely to repeat.

      Currently youth justice does everything in its power to be soft, but it needs to change, there is a world of difference between graffiti and a school yard fight to premeditated rape executed as part of a group, the former is what this kind of sentence suits, the latter needs prison and placement on the sex offenders register for life as someone capable of this can never be trusted.

      Utter joke, the system is so hell bent on not making criminals accountable for their actions and choices that it utterly fails victims and society.

    14. JustWhy1222 on

      I would be a very happy man if this was the case that shattered the idea that our judiciary is beyond reproach and cannot be criticised. The judge who made this ruling 100% deserves to lose their job and face the music over his behaviour.

      However the vast majority of our political establishment will fall in line and nothing will happen. Best we can hope for is a successful appeal and their sentences changed from non existent into very underwhelming.

    16. Morgn_Ladimore on

      And people wonder why rapes are barely reported to begin with. Most of the time, nothing comes of reporting it. And even when someone is arrested, they often get a slap on the wrist.

    17. Clbull on

      We are so unduly lenient on sex offenders in this country, that I think the moment a politician pledges to introduce harsher sentences or capital punishment for serious sex offences, they’d outright win an election.

    18. eldomtom2 on

      Has anyone shown the slightest interest in interviewing the judge, or is he to forever remain an Other?

    23. Exxtraa on

      Always said the judges in this country are far too lenient and out of touch. Some of them need investigating and being struck off.

    24. Hellstorm901 on

      Can’t really figure out the judges game here, they know this was going to cause outrage and went against pre-existing guidelines for sentencing so this had to have been deliberate for some reason

      They wanted to cause fury but I’m trying to see the end game