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[hellison]

Is there something up with lj, or is it just me? Everything has gone wonky.

Anyway. 'nother interview today, same as last one only for a grade up (in civil service terms) so it was tougher and a lot more on policy and management. Bleh. Hopefully managed not to disgrace self, and I think achieved the main purpose of going which was to hammer home to our useless director (who was on the panel) the relevance of what I actually do now, since my current manager helpfully informed a while back that he doesn't have a clue and didn't think it was anything relevant (barely restrained myself at the time from pointing out Very Strongly and Loudly that surely it was HER JOB to make him aware... but meh).

Anyway tis done now, thank god and the Central Library Book sale is on so YAY.


In news of less yay and more Complete Fucking Outrage -

Rapist jailed for 8 years

Surely this is a good thing? Well no, it's fucking not.
He and a friend caught a young girl with a group of male friends, robbed them and forced them to watch while he raped her twice, then phoned her mother to tell her how much he "enjoyed raping your girl".
He initially denied it but switched his plea to guilty at the last minute (given he was found still with her phone when arrested, not to mention DNA and the eye witnesses...).

Eight years. For rape, theft, false imprisonment...
Except it's NOT. We still have 50% remittence. So it's FOUR years.
Time on remand counts as double and gets taken off. So he could be out of jail before she's out of her teens.

If that's all he gets with that amount of proof - evidence described by the judge as "overwhelming "- AND admitting he did it, is it any wonder so many rapes and attacks go unreported?
The 'friend' who helped, held off *her* friends & robbed them and watched?
Out on probation.

What's the fucking *point*?

Comments

[lazy-hoor.livejournal.com]

I tend to be a sandal-wearing-muesli-eating Guardian reader but hearing stuff like this makes me feel a bit hang-em-flog-em Daily Mail. I hate to say it but I hope this man gets raped every single day of his paltry term.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Same here. Currently I'm hoping the pair of them get their knee caps either blasted off or battered to tiny pieces with a Stick With Nails in as soon as they get out.

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

You know, that comment could only have been posted by a Nordie :P

I, although half Nordie, have been Mexicanised to the extent that I was angrily thinking:
'They should be locked up for life and forced to take part in the State Treatment Programme. YEAH.'

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Well obviously (and now that I am not so much seething with rage) Locked Up and Treatment Programmes are much preferrable to punishment beatings/knee capping, but when one walks out of court and the other will be out in 3 years or less it's hard to stick with the system.