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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Ex-police officer jailed over sex abuse

Ex-police officer jailed over sex abuse

A retired police officer has been jailed for four years after being convicted of a "systematic" campaign of sex abuse against two young girls.

It makes you wonder when simply downloading child pornography attracts a 2 year jail term, and yet years of actual physical sexual abuse only warrants an additional 2 years? Then there is the abuse of power aspect which should have attracted a heavier penalty.

As I was saying...

Sex offender jailed for 11 years

A former RAF serviceman who sexually abused and raped a Lincolnshire girl has been sent to jail for 11 years.

David Potter, 56, of the High Street, Brampton in Huntingdon, Cambs, admitted seven sexual assault charges and was found guilty of rape earlier this year.

He began abusing the girl around Christmas 2003 when she was 12 years old and living in the Lincoln area, Lincoln Crown Court heard.

Judge Michael Heath condemned Potter for showing no remorse.

He said his arrogance was plain to see.

Potter was also placed on the sex offenders register and banned from having unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 18 for the rest of his life
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John Hirst Hull, East Yorkshire, GB "Who is John Hirst?" the Sun online questioned the day after the UK lost its appeal to the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR in the prisoners votes case. The profile was not very informative nor flattering. But, I don't like the Sun either so we are quits. I was born, at 2 I was put into Dr Barnardo's Homes. What they called care, we refer to it as physical and sexual abuse. I drifted into crime, and spent 35 years in prison. In spite of the system, I reformed and rehabilitated myself with the support of some within and outside of the system. I was transformed from a law breaker into a law-maker. I am firmly committed to prisoners rights, and am a campaigner for penal reform. I live in a 3 bedroom terrace house within a cul-de-sac, and have a dog as a companion. My Latvian friend keeps invading my space and telling me I need a wife. She does keep the house clean and tidy, but loves my dog and calls him her boyfriend... Recently, Viking FM have asked for advice and reports for the news on radio on Criminal Justice issues. In addition, I used to write regularly for Inside Time the National newspaper for prisoners.
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