A man who fathered two children by his daughter after three decades of horrendous abuse has been jailed for 12 years.
When you deduct a third of his sentence as is the norm with prison sentences then allow for him to apply for parole after serving half he could be out in as little a 4 years, no wonder these types of crimes happen so often when the perpetrators know there is no real punishment.
How could a Judge justify such a paltry sentence for so terrible a crime, apart from the obvious psychological damage to his daughter what about the two children involved that’s 3 lives ruined, add on then the peripheral emotional damage to the rest of the family wife, other siblings close relatives etc, and this monster has destroyed countless lives.
The sick animal in this case is a 68 year old Essex man who conceivably will be free to resume his life in a few years while the victims serve a life sentence.
So I pose the question how can he be free after only a possible 4 years, obviously Judges do not live in the real world as you and I do. Something need to be done as this kind of travesty is becoming all to common. Judges need to be more accountable to society.
Maybe its time there was some kind of a league table for Judge’s who are then judged by their peers on a case by case basis and awarded points for performance, and then much like our football leagues the worst three demoted from crown court case’s and a new three brought up. I know that my suggestion has a certain flippancy about it but I am serious about the need to make them more accountable, and who knows flippant or not maybe my idea with some tweaking has some merit.
But what I do know is that something must be done and soon, how many more times can the system return sentences like this without bringing itself into disrepute.
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