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- Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:23 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Dobbie sentencing hearing
- Replies: 93
- Views: 47009
Re: Dobbie sentencing hearing
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/christs-hospital-school-chaplain-jailed-16420693 "...when he confided in a fellow teacher at the school he was told to "get over it and move on"." That part of the report really stood out for me too. And, like Gingerbeard17, I ...
- Thu May 16, 2019 12:26 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: RIP James Herbertson
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8238
Re: RIP James Herbertson
He was on my year and I knew him a little, we spent an afternoon in Arundel during a holiday once. To have another from our cohort dying by suicide is just awful. I've been thinking of him every day since I heard the news of his death.
- Sun May 05, 2019 3:26 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Dates of birth of convicted abusers
- Replies: 45
- Views: 14963
Re: Dates of birth of convicted abusers
I wonder if the school stipulated in its own rules anything about pupil/teacher relationships at any point from living memory onwards? And whether that changed when it became co-ed? Of course, whether it's law or not, a person's own ethical compass 'ought' to come into play. My husband teaches at un...
- Sat May 04, 2019 11:52 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Dates of birth of convicted abusers
- Replies: 45
- Views: 14963
Re: Dates of birth of convicted abusers
So were Dobbie and Husband actually connected together as part of the case? I'm not trying to belittle the offences nor the damage done to the victims in any way. Being half a world away makes it difficult to understand what's fact and what's conjecture. Thanks, Max richardb has the legal know-how ...
- Sat May 04, 2019 11:40 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Dates of birth of convicted abusers
- Replies: 45
- Views: 14963
Re: Dates of birth of convicted abusers
I hope they survive prison. I also hope that eventually they come to some sort of realisation of the trauma they have caused their victims, and the hurt they have caused the wider relationships around the victims, their own families and friends. That work is painful and difficult and time-consuming...
- Sat May 04, 2019 10:05 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Dates of birth of convicted abusers
- Replies: 45
- Views: 14963
Re: Dates of birth of convicted abusers
I hope they survive prison. I also hope that eventually they come to some sort of realisation of the trauma they have caused their victims, and the hurt they have caused the wider relationships around the victims, their own families and friends. That work is painful and difficult and time-consuming ...
- Sat May 04, 2019 9:39 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
- Replies: 328
- Views: 110387
Re: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
How is a convicted offender determined to show genuine remorse? He pled not guilty and sought character witnesses for himself. In my mind not the actions of a person who acknowledges a transgression. And at what point does the question of remorse get looked at - at sentencing or at parole? At this ...
- Sat May 04, 2019 9:05 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
- Replies: 328
- Views: 110387
Re: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
And btw, thank you for all the useful information about the process, richardb
- Sat May 04, 2019 9:04 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
- Replies: 328
- Views: 110387
Re: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
How is a convicted offender determined to show genuine remorse? He pled not guilty and sought character witnesses for himself. In my mind not the actions of a person who acknowledges a transgression.
And at what point does the question of remorse get looked at - at sentencing or at parole?
And at what point does the question of remorse get looked at - at sentencing or at parole?
- Sat May 04, 2019 8:43 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
- Replies: 328
- Views: 110387
Re: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
Given the length of his offending, would that determine some element of dangerousness? This sounds massively assumptive on my part but he doesn't come across as an opportunist paedophile, so the long-term predatory nature of his actions must be an indication that it could happen again? Regarding the...
- Sat May 04, 2019 1:55 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
- Replies: 328
- Views: 110387
Re: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
Gunning was assistant housemaster in Mid A until about 87? Then Frank McKenna took over as assistant. Mike "Taffy" Williams was housemaster at least all the time I was in Mid A (85-89) and probably a year or so before that. Dr Chapman (from South Africa) took over, but not sure for how lo...
- Sat May 04, 2019 10:50 am
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse - Peter Ball - publication date
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2032
Re: Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse - Peter Ball - publication date
I shall be very interested to read this. There are 27 pages on his schedule of convictions and allegations of misconduct against boys and young men.
And I wait to see the connections between him and CH.
And I wait to see the connections between him and CH.
- Sat May 04, 2019 10:44 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Ernest McCall- Maths teacher / housemaster Maine A
- Replies: 79
- Views: 156234
Re: Ernest McCall- Maths teacher / housemaster Maine A
He was asked to leave mid term. (On another thread.) Unlikely to get an obit.
- Sat May 04, 2019 10:42 am
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
- Replies: 328
- Views: 110387
Re: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
Dobbie was in Whites during the 80s. Gunning was housemaster of Mid A mid?-late 80s. By 1990 it was Chapman who lived out of house with his family in West Gun Copse. It was always problematic in my mind having houseparents not in situ. I had cause to report something to Chapman in 1990 and he had no...
- Sat May 04, 2019 10:32 am
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
- Replies: 328
- Views: 110387
Re: Trial of Gary William Dobbie
Grecians History trips.DazedandConfused wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2019 8:05 am Not that it matters, but I don’t even remember GWD and JAH being particularly close at school. They weren’t an obvious pairing where guilt by association may naturally occur.