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by richardb
Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:17 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Ben Breakwell convicted of abuse
Replies: 109
Views: 203210

Re: Ben Breakwell convicted of abuse

The sentencing hearing was adjourned for around 6 weeks.

Probably a missing probation report.
by richardb
Thu Aug 19, 2021 4:55 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Ben Breakwell convicted of abuse
Replies: 109
Views: 203210

Re: Ben Breakwell convicted of abuse

I am not sure why you dismiss out of hand the notion that people who are abused become abusers. People who are abused are entitled to remain anonymous unless - like Rob - they choose to waive it. Sadly I have often come abusers admitting to having been abused. The abuse affects them in many differen...
by richardb
Thu Aug 19, 2021 3:52 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Ben Breakwell convicted of abuse
Replies: 109
Views: 203210

Re: Ben Breakwell convicted of abuse

No one is saying that he was abused at the school. The bone of contention is whether it is likely he was schooled, influenced or manipulated into doing the things he did by events or people 25 years ago at the school he himself went to. We don't know whether or not he was abused at school. There is...
by richardb
Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:53 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Ben Breakwell convicted of abuse
Replies: 109
Views: 203210

Re: Ben Breakwell convicted of abuse

Which may be the case. We will probably never know. But if he was abused at school it would offer a potential explanation. No one is saying that he was abused at the school. The bone of contention is whether it is likely he was schooled, influenced or manipulated into doing the things he did by eve...
by richardb
Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:46 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Ben Breakwell convicted of abuse
Replies: 109
Views: 203210

Re: Ben Breakwell convicted of abuse

Which may be the case. We will probably never know.

But if he was abused at school it would offer a potential explanation.
by richardb
Thu Aug 19, 2021 11:33 am
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Ben Breakwell convicted of abuse
Replies: 109
Views: 203210

Re: Ben Breakwell convicted of abuse

It's well recognised that those who are abused become abusers.

Whether this happened to Breakwell may emerge at his sentencing hearing, although it is likely to buried away in a Probation report and not said out loud
by richardb
Mon Feb 08, 2021 4:53 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Ernest Christopher "Kit" Aitken
Replies: 25
Views: 21043

Re: Ernest Christopher "Kit" Aitken

For practical reasons I have a subscription to the British Newspaper Archive. Two references in it to Ernest Christopher Aitken. 1. In June 1939 a man of that name gave evidence for the prosecution at the Fleet, having been involved in a road traffic accident. He is described as a schoolmaster of th...
by richardb
Thu Sep 10, 2020 5:39 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Attorney General reference - Peter Webb
Replies: 1
Views: 6012

Re: Attorney General reference - Peter Webb

The case number is T20200153. The court was Hove Crown Court.
by richardb
Thu Sep 10, 2020 12:47 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Webb guilty. Again.
Replies: 4
Views: 12248

Re: Webb guilty. Again.

No chance Spoony. Not my thing.
by richardb
Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:26 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Webb guilty. Again.
Replies: 4
Views: 12248

Re: Webb guilty. Again.

Just to try to explain this. Webb was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in 2015 for offences against one victim. I believe that he pleaded guilty. He was sentenced in 2017 for offences against four victims. He pleaded guilty and his sentence was eventually five and a half years. He has been senten...
by richardb
Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:27 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Webb guilty. Again.
Replies: 4
Views: 12248

Webb guilty. Again.

Peter John Herbert Webb was convicted today of three further offences and sentenced to a further 12 months imprisonment.

Well done that man.
by richardb
Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:33 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Another Fitting Sentence !!
Replies: 15
Views: 19282

Re: Another Fitting Sentence !!

And another one. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-53681417 Interesting to see that Hove Crown Court is open, as there is some doubt as to whether Webb's case will proceed on schedule at Lewes. Most courts are open but not for trials. The difficulty with trials is the need for social dis...
by richardb
Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:21 am
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Elizabeth Cairncross
Replies: 129
Views: 167066

Re: Elizabeth Cairncross

Sadly there is still no criminal offence which enables a teacher turning a blind eye to sexual abuse or covering up for it to be prosecuted. There is no appetite in government to introduce such an offence given what are seen as other priorities. If one parent abuses their child and the other parent...
by richardb
Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:09 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Elizabeth Cairncross
Replies: 129
Views: 167066

Re: Elizabeth Cairncross

Sadly there is still no criminal offence which enables a teacher turning a blind eye to sexual abuse or covering up for it to be prosecuted.

There is no appetite in government to introduce such an offence given what are seen as other priorities.
by richardb
Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:00 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: prison releases
Replies: 31
Views: 45130

Re: prison releases

I think it is actually OASys.

Shades of Little Britain. "Computer says ...."