A serial paedophile who attended more than 170 lessons to stop his attraction to young girls has been jailed again for downloading child porn on to his computer.What a shocker.
And a court heard that John Tooby deliberately befriended women with school-age daughters only months after the licence from his previous prison term expired.
Jailing him for four years, Judge John Burgess told Tooby, from Alvaston, that he was "a danger" to children.In which case, why only four years? Why not an indefinite sentence ‘for the protection of the public’?
I mean, even his own solicitor could only muster this feeble defence:
Clive Stockwell, in mitigation, said that, since his release, Tooby had only missed one of the sessions and had downloaded the pictures rather than abusing children directly.Talk about damning with faint praise…
I'm not a throw away the key type by nature but this bloke's had his chance, the lessons clearly haven't worked and so the high attendance is meaningless. I suppose the sentence is what it is because possessing child porn is a lesser offence than actually molesting a child himself (might even be what's kept him from molesting a child himself, who knows), but obviously he has a problem that isn't going away. So, er... well, throw that key away.
ReplyDeleteFunny how his 'compulsion' waited until after his restrictions had expired...
ReplyDeleteSecure mental hospital?
ReplyDeleteLethal 9mm injection ????
ReplyDeleteCaptain Haddock,
ReplyDeleteLead poisoning?
Nuke him from orbit it's the only way to be sure...
ReplyDeleteand he wont be able to access kiddy porn in prison?
ReplyDelete"So, er... well, throw that key away."
ReplyDeleteI'd prefer the lethal injection solution.
"Funny how his 'compulsion' waited until after his restrictions had expired..."
Indeed!
"and he wont be able to access kiddy porn in prison?"
Oh, no. Of course not. Just like people can't get mobile phones, or drugs, or...
Oh.
I'd prefer the lethal injection solution.
ReplyDeleteYou know where I stand on that point. If it can be done to him for a good reason it can be done to you or me for a bad reason.
"and he wont be able to access kiddy porn in prison?"
Oh, no. Of course not. Just like people can't get mobile phones, or drugs, or...
It could be argued that what he looks at online is less important than that he's behind bars and can't harm a child himself, but if we want it stopped it's just a matter of determination. No physical internet connections in areas accessible to prisoners and mobile phone jammers to block access to mobile internet means even smuggled phones and portable 3G modems would be useless. Just needs someone with the political will, and as the saying goes, there's your problem.
Drugs will always be a problem in jails but frankly who cares? If a prisoner does enough the problem will go away on it's own.