Parole of rapist

Appalling. He would have served a longer sentence if he'd robbed a bank...

Well when we have a society that actually values women rather than laughs at them or thinks they ask for it maybe we can have a different conversation - all the sexual harassment that is tolerated, condoned, blamed on women - no wonder men have a sense of entitlement and a right to power over women. What message does porn on an MPs computer send to men? What message does Boris defending Toby send to men? What message do many posters on GN send to men? The message is that women ask for it, that they are responsible for whatever men do to them, that they have to change. Not men. When Theresa May has the bloody courage to sack Toby Young then maybe I’ll begin to believe that things might change but otherwise, forget it. It’s all a woman’s fault.

But what sort of a message does this send to other men who may be of the same inclination? If the average sentence for rape is around 5 years and someone who has committed many serves only 10 years, doesn't that send out the message that you might as well do as many as you can, you're not going to serve that much longer.

I fear we will hear the expression 'lessons will be learn't time and time again as they ever learn.

No it’s not that the rights of the criminal come first,it’s that women DON’T COUNT. Can anyone justify why bloody Boris is justifying Toby Young? We are a misogynist society as many GN posters demonstrate

It seems again the victims are bottom of the list, what is it with the so called justice system that the rights of the criminal always come first.

And the victims that no one could be bothered to inform about his release. Ah yes - the victims.

Ah yes the victims - the ones that the Met are using tax payers money to fund their appeal to the Supreme Court against the victims? The victims that went to the police and were laughed at? Still they are only women who were probably asking for it so who really really genuinely cares? After all we live in a country were disgusting tweets about women’s breasts, looks and anal sex gets you a job on a body regulating universities and the ringing endorsement of Boris and Gove and the deafening silence of Theresa.

Amazing that so much money could be wasted on this criminal - all that money could be going to Victim support. They are the people who matter, not him.

He almost certainly will get a new identity, and could then turn up anywhere. A comforting thought, isn't it?

New identity, safe house, protection - all will cost a fortune. I know that prison is expensive, but at least women are safe with him there.

I hope that the justification for this decision will be made public.

I hope they don't give him a new identity - that would be a very dangerous thing to do and I think there would be even more of a public outcry.

Does anyone think that the Authorities supervising him when (if) he is released that he will be monitored every minute have we got the manpower to do this I think not !!
It is very frightening in deed and I for one would hate him to be released into a community near to me or my family or into any area if the truth be known.

I should imagine everyone will have his face fixed in their mind, and he won't find it easy to settle anywhere.
I watched a tv programme some tme ago about a prison for sex offenders somewhere in the USA. It was bulging at the seams with prisoners who didn't dare go out when their sentence was completed.

Thank goodness that unlike USA we don’t have a statute of limitations but the state can only prosecute if there is enough evidence.

It is never too late and if there is any evidence still being held, then DNA techniques are so much more advanced now.

I don't know, but it is surely not to late to prosecute if there are still cases on file.

I don’t know about closing files but I do rather think that files can be re-opened - I suppose it would depend on what is in the files and whether it would be sufficient to lead to fresh charges. One of the reasons he was onl6 charged with one rape is that by druggingthem and using a condom, the women generally had no memory of the rape and generally there was no DNA except I think two cases.

Have the police closed the files on the many they think he may have assaulted !

Criminal justice system, human rights act, attorney general

Please:
CPS: Crown Prosecution service
CJS: ?
HRA ?
AG ?

Apologies - judge did not sentence as per guidelines as no guidelines in place then but AG did not appeal the sentence ( which was apparently for 16 years) so the assumption was that the prosecution thought the sentence adequate ( whether they were right or wrong is of course another issue). Worboys was also a case where the police went public before he was charged which then led to evidence coming forward that resulted in his being charged. Were that not allowed, as some people believe should be the case, who knows how many more young women he would have raped/ attacked?

As for the probation service supervising him once he’s released, I take it we all know how deprived of resources that service now is?

This case is about far far more than the decision of the parole board or the sentence he was given. The Met come out of this appallingly - earlier victims went to the police and were ‘laughed at’. An investigation by them later on was completely bungled, evidencelost/compromised. As a result at least 7 more women were attacked before he was finally charged. Then when other cases came forward for reasons we know not yet the police either didn’t investigate and pass them onto the CPS and/or the CPS decided not to prosecute.When the case came to court,the judge sentenced as per the guidelines. No one,quite rightly, can be punished for offences of which they have not been found guilty. Equally,the parole board can only look at what he was actually convicted of. But it gets worse, two victims sued the Met under the HRA for their appalling investigation - the victims won, the police appealed, the victims won and the Met have now appealed to the Supreme Court all at our expense. This case could be a case study of much that is wrong in the CJS

It also begs the question, how many others like him, but less well publicised, are already 'out there'?

It appears that some of his victims were not told in advance that he was to be released. Bad enough for those who did know, but can you imagine how the others felt when they only learned about it through the media?