On Thu, 08 May 2008 23:02:03 +0100, Cub Reporter
wrote:
>On Thu, 8 May 2008 17:51:30 +0100, Michael Swift
> wrote:
>
>>
>>I wasn't in court so maybe there's more to this than meets the eye but
>>on the face of it this silly old fart wants taking out and shooting.
>>
>>From ITV Teletext today (8th May)
>>
>>
>>
>>Girl 'blamed' over paedophile
>>
>>A "high-risk" paedophile who groomed and abused an 11-year-old girl
>>while on her school lunch break has walked free as her mother wept in
>>court.
>>
>>Jon Dixon, 20, told the girl to lie to her parents as he arranged to
>>meet her after they met through the internet.
>>
>>At Manchester Crown Court, Judge Robert Atherton rejected a probation
>>report, saying the girl "welcomed" . and was "inappropriately aware"
>>of ..
>
>Here is a longer report, FWIW:
>============================================
>Paedophile escapes jail for abusing girl, 11, after judge says 'she
>welcomed .'
>
>Mail on Sunday, UK: 8 May 2008
>http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=564847
>[ http://tinyurl.com/4aftb3 ]
>
>A "high-risk" paedophile who groomed and abused an 11-year-old girl
>while on her school lunch break walked free today after a judge said
>she "welcomed .".
>
>Jon Dixon, 20, told the youngster to lie to her parents as he arranged
>to meet her at a shopping centre and school after the pair met through
>the internet.
>
>He also molested the girl after texting her in lessons to meet during
>her lunch hour from her primary school, Manchester Crown Court heard.
>
>The pair exchanged 900 text messages - of graphic .ual nature from
>both sides, over a two-week period, after the girl first claimed to be
>aged 20.
>
>After the girl told him she was in fact 12 he continued to "pursue"
>her, the court heard, with more .ual text messages and asked for
>.ographic photos before they met.
>
>Dixon, of Eccles, Greater Manchester, was assessed as being
>"manipulative and predatory" and poses a "high risk of serious harm"
>to children by the probation service.
>
>But Judge Robert Atherton rejected the probation report findings -
>saying the girl "welcomed" .ual activity which was not forced, was
>"inappropriately aware" of ., and Dixon had not specifically sought
>out a child on the internet.
>
>Instead, he referred to a psychologist's report concluding Dixon was
>not a high risk to young girls but was immature and needed help.
>
>As her mother wept in court, the statement from her father was read
>out in court.
>
>It said: "He was 19 and she was 11, which in my mind is wrong.
>
>"He was the adult in this, he must seriously know the difference
>between right and wrong. He could have walked away."
>
>Passing a three-year community order, Judge Atherton said he had
>"little optimism" Dixon would get treatment in the Prison Service - as
>the population was at a record high.
>
>He added: "The fact is, she expresses herself in relation to .ual
>matters with an awareness which would make many twice her age blush
>and one hopes would be rare for an 11-year-old to experience.
>
>"The public expect . offenders to go to custody. Is it right to put
>a 20-year-old man with all the .ual awareness he's demonstrated and
>occasionally carried out, into custody for a substantial time?
>
>"Or is the public interest better served by addressing those
>psychological, personal difficulties which he has, and doing so in the
>community?"
>
>Dixon met the girl on the Flirtomatic website, on February 20 last
>year - she claiming to be 20, and the pair began to exchange .ual
>text messages and emails.
>
>He was "clearly shocked" two weeks later when she said she was 12 -
>although in fact her real age was 11.
>
>"It was clear the defendant's attitude and intentions towards her had
>not changed despite her saying she was only 12," Jonathan Dickinson,
>prosecuting, told the court.
>
>On march 15 last year Dixon met the girl in her lunch break from
>school and .ually assaulted her, the court heard.
>
>Two days later they met again when Dixon tried to . the girl in an
>alleyway.
>
>But days later the mother of one of the girl's friends contacted the
>family after speaking to her own daughter, and Dixon was arrested.
>
>He claimed he had only kissed the girl at her request - but later
>pleaded guilty to meeting a child following .ual grooming, .ual
>assault of a child and attempted ..
>
>Dixon punched the air in relief outside court after being released. He
>was made to sign the .ual Offenders Register for five years.
>
>The girl's father said he was "not happy", but was too emotional to
>speak further.
Sounds like the judge was absolutely correct. If someone can be
criminally liable from the age of ten, and she was 11, what was the
question again?
MM |