Thread: man given 2 years for raping a 10 year old

hi everyone, just been reading the papers, and i am horrified by this story

"A child protection charity has attacked a decision to save a paedophile from a long jail term after a judge said his 10-year-old rape victim dressed "provocatively".
Window cleaner Keith Fenn, of Starwort Path, Blackbird Leys, could be free in just four months after admitting twice having sex with the child.
Kidscape has branded the sentence dished out by Judge Julian Hall as a "disgrace" and called for him to be axed from the bench.
Judge Hall, who hit the headlines after telling another paedophile to buy his child victim a bicycle, could have jailed Fenn for at least five years.
At Oxford Crown Court on Friday, Judge Hall described the rape in a park in Henley-on-Thames, as an "absolute crime", but insisted it was an "exceptional" case because of the girl's perceived maturity.
Fenn, 25, was given concurrent two-year and 18-month sentences, but could will be free in months after spending eight months in jail on remand.
His friend Darren Wright, 34, was given a nine-month jail term for inciting the girl to engage in a sex act on the same night on October 14, last year. Unemployed Wright had also served eight months, so was immediately freed.
Judge Hall said: "It is an absolute crime because she was only 10.
"In my experience this has been the most difficult sentencing exercise I have ever had to decide on. The circumstances in this case are exceptionalIt is quite clear she is a very disturbed child and a very needy child and she is a sexually precocious child. She liked to dress provocatively.
"Did she look like she was 10? Certainly not. She looked 16, that was a matter that was accepted."
The court was told the girl approached the two men in Henley-on-Thames.
"They started chatting in the street and she told them she was 16.
After making their way to a recreation ground in Luke Avenue, the girl - who cannot be named for legal reasons - had oral and full sex with Fenn.
In a police interview, when asked about whether she gave consent, she said: "I'm in the middle, I don't actually know."
Later Wright forced the girl to commit a sexual act on him at his home in Mount View, Henley-on- Thames.
Fenn had admitted two counts of rape of a child aged under 13 years and Wright admitted one charge of causing or inciting sexual activity with a child aged under 13 years.
Michele Elliot, from Kidscape, said: "This particular case really took my breath away because I cannot imagine a 25-year-old man not realising how old she was.
"This sentence is a disgrace.
"What message does this send to anyone considering doing the same?
"He should be off the bench.
"A decision like that is utterly ridiculous.
"Clearly, some judges seem to be a law unto themselves."
Both men were placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for 10 years."

i thinks its sickening, i dont believe for one minute that he could of mistaken a ten year old for a sixteen year old, and the fact he could eb out in a few months, makes me have even less faith in the legal system. just wondering what everyone else thought of it

This is just one of many cases that show once again that our judicial system fails those who it is supposed to protect. First of all, a ten year old's wardrobe should not consist of any clothes that are considered to be provacative. Since ten year olds do not have jobs to buy clothes for themselves, then the parents must have bought them for her...unless she borrowed them from a friend...but even then...some parent had to provide money to buy these clothes and approve them to be part of their child's wardrobe. Knowing that there are sickos out there roaming around everyday...why would you allow your child to dress inappropriately???..Nevertheless..this does not excuse anyone from their actions..that is plain and simple..a form of child rape. These guys should be locked up in a place where counseling and psychiatric help are available for them. Not just in a jail cell where their rages and fantasies build up just to be released the day they get out of jail. The man knew what he was doing and no ten year old...I don't care how big their chest or how provacative they dress..can be mistaked for an adult. Even if the men thought the child was 16...it's still rape of a child. These problems start in the home, so parents need to take responsibility and people need to take responsibility of their problems by admitting they have problems and seeking help before they act on their emotions. Once a person with a serious problem has acted out on them, it is normally too late for them to just stop. These people need extensive psychiatric help. I still believe that noone can be completely rehabilitated after they have acted out on their fantasies. The judicial system in this country needs an extensive makeover. When judges are letting petifiles roam city streets at free wheel...there is A PROBLEM!!! HOW MANY CHILDREN HAVE TO SUFFER TO MAKE THEM SEE THAT THESE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE LET LOOSE IN OUR SOCIETY. The authorities are more obsessed with putting away a person that gets busted with a little sack of weed for 5 years, who is otherwise a good citizen, than with putting the people who beat, rape, and molest our children away. They are more concerned with busting the people who smoke pot or do other minor things..not hurting anyone..than with the people who live next door to them that starve, beat, rape..and chain their children up in cages or to toliets. They will send you to jail for 5 years for a joint but let these sickos go free...DOES ANYONE SEE A PROBLEM...???UNTIL SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS..I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE SYSTEM AND THOSE WHO ENFORCE IT....