27-02-2017, 02:57 PM
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Re: 100 year-old man in Court
Originally Posted by tarantula
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Maybe if you had experience abused of this nature you might think differently.
27-02-2017, 02:58 PM
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Re: 100 year-old man in Court
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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I did it stopped at five years old when I was removed from my home and my grandparents took me in. Don't make assumptions about people if you don't know them well.
27-02-2017, 03:20 PM
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Re: 100 year-old man in Court
So it wasn't reported to the police then, because in those days people didn't do so very often.I am glad some people are speaking out now about the abuse they suffered in the past. Even if a conviction can't be obtained at least the perpetrators will go to their graves with the uncomfortable feeling that their evil deeds might come back to bite them.
27-02-2017, 03:34 PM
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Re: 100 year-old man in Court
Originally Posted by tarantula
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So it wasn't reported to the police then, because in those days people didn't do so very often.I am glad some people are speaking out now about the abuse they suffered in the past. Even if a conviction can't be obtained at least the perpetrators will go to their graves with the uncomfortable feeling that their evil deeds might come back to bite them.
27-02-2017, 03:38 PM
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Re: 100 year-old man in Court
Originally Posted by tarantula
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So it wasn't reported to the police then, because in those days people didn't do so very often.I am glad some people are speaking out now about the abuse they suffered in the past. Even if a conviction can't be obtained at least the perpetrators will go to their graves with the uncomfortable feeling that their evil deeds might come back to bite them.
In those days even if the victim did tell half the time they weren't believed.
27-02-2017, 03:44 PM
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Re: 100 year-old man in Court
I also had a very close relationship with a man, who was sexually abused by a foster parent and his paedophile group, at about the same time as the woman in this story. My friend didn't want to talk about it either, but it is a good job he did, because the men concerned got 20 years in prison and a number of the social services staff, who placed him with this foster parent, lost their jobs.I wonder how many other children would have suffered the same if he hadn't had the courage to tell somebody?
27-02-2017, 03:51 PM
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Re: 100 year-old man in Court
Originally Posted by Twink55
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I also had a very close relationship with a man, who was sexually abused by a foster parent and his paedophile group, at about the same time as the woman in this story. My friend didn't want to talk about it either, but it is a good job he did, because the men concerned got 20 years in prison and a number of the social services staff, who placed him with this foster parent, lost their jobs.I wonder how many other children would have suffered the same if he hadn't had the courage to tell somebody?
27-02-2017, 03:55 PM
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Re: 100 year-old man in Court
Originally Posted by Twink55
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Mups, when I was about 15, one of these perverts kept stopping in his car and offering me a lift, I always said "No thank you". The last time it happened, he drove off but parked his car close to where he thought I was walking, about 30 yards from my home and close to the park entrance. He approached me, whilst exposing himself, and tried to back me into the park entrance. I pushed him, told him to ".... off" and ran like hell to escape. I reported it to a policeman, I used to babysit for, and he was caught, as he had been doing the same to many young girls.That was 50 years ago, but if I had to give details in court today the only things I could tell you was where it happened and what colour car he had....... on previous occasions where he offered a lift, in a friendly fashion, he had told me his name, I could have described how he looked, but today I couldn't give you any of that info or even the date he tried to get me into the park!
Our minds often block out traumas, so I suspect that many of the children these things happen to will be unable to remember clearly, so ,what chance is there of a fair trial when it is reported so long after the event? There is always a chance that the child is lying and the man is falsely accused!
27-02-2017, 03:55 PM
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Re: 100 year-old man in Court
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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That's the point really it has to be reported to stop others being a victim, once you get to adult hood if you haven't already done do is time to do it. Not 50 years later.
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