Story on the radio this morning about a man who raped his 14 year-old sister-in-law a number of times over a number of months. He would normally have been sentenced to 7 years in prison according to the judge, but because he has 2 autistic children the judge has decided it would be too disruptive to imprison him so he has received no custodial sentence.
Seems a very strange and unique logic to apply to this case. One would think that the majority of people who come before the courts for custodial sentences have some sort of family issues that might not be best helped by their incarceration. The judge referred to his autistic children as “mitigating circumstances” which is warped logic to me. They may be factors in terms of sentencing (rightly or wrongly) but they’re hardly factors that change the crime or its effects on the victim. The victim is furious with the sentence and understandably so.
[quote=“Rocko, post: 784451, member: 1”]Story on the radio this morning about a man who raped his 14 year-old sister-in-law a number of times over a number of months. He would normally have been sentenced to 7 years in prison according to the judge, but because he has 2 autistic children the judge has decided it would be too disruptive to imprison him so he has received no custodial sentence.
Seems a very strange and unique logic to apply to this case. One would think that the majority of people who come before the courts for custodial sentences have some sort of family issues that might not be best helped by their incarceration. The judge referred to his autistic children as “mitigating circumstances” which is warped logic to me. They may be factors in terms of sentencing (rightly or wrongly) but they’re hardly factors that change the crime or its effects on the victim. The victim is furious with the sentence and understandably so.[/quote]
Saw this, fucking ridiculous. If anything the children need to be protected from this cunt
[quote=“Rocko, post: 784451, member: 1”]Story on the radio this morning about a man who raped his 14 year-old sister-in-law a number of times over a number of months. He would normally have been sentenced to 7 years in prison according to the judge, but because he has 2 autistic children the judge has decided it would be too disruptive to imprison him so he has received no custodial sentence.
Seems a very strange and unique logic to apply to this case. One would think that the majority of people who come before the courts for custodial sentences have some sort of family issues that might not be best helped by their incarceration. The judge referred to his autistic children as “mitigating circumstances” which is warped logic to me. They may be factors in terms of sentencing (rightly or wrongly) but they’re hardly factors that change the crime or its effects on the victim. The victim is furious with the sentence and understandably so.[/quote]
Heard this. Ridiculous shit. Who was the judge? Surely he should have looked into whether the children were safe with this incest rapist?
Sometimes I wonder what the fuck these judges are on.
Remember the case of the big shot in Drumcondra who sexually assaulted some girl but blamed it on the medication he was on. Didn’t he get his sentence reduced after he offered to pay her 50 grand? And that was Judge Paul Carney and all who seems very experienced.
It’s well known in legal world that Paul Carney is one of the least consistent and plain batshit mental judges on the criminal benches. Some of the shit he comes out with would make your blood boil. He tries so hard to present himself as a maverick who throws the rule book out the window in order to get common sense outcomes but inevitably just makes a cunt out of himself and the system.
A difficult one. But she was driving a car knowing she shouldn’t have been. And then killed someone so not exactly innocent. Seems harsh compared to other sentences handed down here but that’s not a great barometer either.
