A convicted child rapist escaped jail because of the overcrowding crisis in Britain’s prisons, it emerged today - with a judge admitting that time behind bars would have been ‘virtually inevitable’ otherwise.
Rees Newman, 33, was handed a suspended sentence last December for the historic rape of a girl under the age of 14, in 2005.
Under the terms of his sentence he was ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register and notify police if he went on holiday - but in May he jetted off to Egypt without telling officers.
Newman was hauled back before a judge at Newport Crown Court this week but – despite admitting breaching the terms of his sentence - he avoided prison a second time.
Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke, the Recorder of Cardiff, jailed Newman for two months but suspended his imprisonment for 18 months.
JFC. All to make room for thought criminals. Don’t worry, Lemmyites, you will all be spared, as…well…you know…
I respect the fact that there are leftists throughout Lemmy - I am not one of them, but I am also someone who believes in free discourse, human rights, etc., and I share a lot of parallels with them on foreign policy…
Really wish more of them were more active advocates for free speech.
Honestly, totally agree with everything you just said. I can be VERY vocal and passionate about what I believe, and yes I “do the research”. I am staunchly right in many ways, but def agree about human rights. BUT, being thats another discussion, I will just say that being a Leftist does not make people right about everything, and being a (mostly) Right person, that doesn’t make me wrong on everything. Look at my comment history and the beesnest I have stirred up. I don’t " hate" anyone, but I defend my rights.
That’s wonderful - the Fediverse, specifically in our Lemmy community, needs as many right wing voices as it can get for authentic dialog!