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At last some judges show common sense

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Nolls from Harrogate

Nolls from Harrogate Report 16 Aug 2013 16:47

At last, as you say OFTG , common sense prevails I just wonder if the person when passing these lienient sentences has anything in common with the perpetrator just a thought!

Researching:
Gilmour/McSherry/Boyle/Mason/Robertson

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 16 Aug 2013 14:40

AnnCardiff - I totally agree with you, especially after reading the Bognor Regis Observer report on this as they are saying that he incited more than 200 other youngsters to perform in a similar way, albeit they did not do so, and also that he committed more offences after he was bailed :-|

http://www.bognor.co.uk/news/regional/longer-jail-term-for-web-sex-scam-1-5397445

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 16 Aug 2013 14:22

four years is still a bit on the lenient side

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 16 Aug 2013 14:06

Appeal court judges have ruled Francis Knight's original sentence did not reflect the scale of his offences

Francis Knight who posed as a teenager on Facebook to urge children to perform acts online has had his 16-month jail sentence increased to four years.

Court of Appeal judges agreed the original term imposed was "unduly lenient".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-23725449

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"