Stuart Hall Receives 15 Month Sentence - Fair Or Unfair?

[LazyGun]

http://news.sky.com/story/1104682/stuart-hall-jailed-for-sex-attacks-on-girls

I had thought he might get slightly longer, but his age and the nature of the offences have played a part in the judges sentence, I imagine...

[albaqwerty]

I hope he is in solitary, I understand that child molesters aren't treated well in prison.

Sentence is lenient, so not fair.

[pusskin]

There is so much misery behind all the stories, and its time to let the abuser suffer too.
Lock him up in solitary, taking his bed and tele away.

[andy-hughes]

cupotee - i fully appreciate that a fiar justice system demands that the accused is defended, but sometimes the methods used stretch credulity, as in this case.

Would the defence for the alleged killers of Lee Rigby point to Adolf Hitler as the murderer of millions, and calim that by comparison their one alleged killing is therefore a lesser crime?

Hall was charged, and guilty and sentenced, the notion that he is 'bewildered' is laughable given that he has made a profession out of attention-seeking behaviour that makes Miranda Hart look like a novice!

[Sqad]

trigger....Jack-the Hat has already exposed that point in another thread....and i do not intend to re-iterate.
if you cannot understand my point......then so be it.

[2sp_]

IMO, 15 months is not nearly enough.

It does seem that the sentence was lenient because of his advancing years, but that will be of little comfort to the victims. He went unpunished for decades, just because he evaded justice until he was in his 70s shouldn't mean that he shouldn't be sentenced properly.

[2sp_]

Sorry, he's in his 80s.

[jno]

the maximum for most of the offences, at the time he committed them, was two years, so he's got three quarters of that.

Some carried a maximum of five. It's now ten. But you can't judge a man under laws that weren't there at the time.

[jno]

sorry, not quite three quarters.

[sandyRoe]

The fact that he's been convicted is more important than the length of any prison sentence, particularly at his age.

[sherrardk]

Apparently the sentence is to be reviewed - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2343061/Stuart-Hall-Former-BBC-star-jailed-15-months-sexually-abusing-girls-young-nine.html

[douglas9401]

Jings, impotent rage central around here.

[maggiebee]

Just read this on Facebook:

Pfffft! just 13? Hardly worth wasting the judges time really. Jimmy Saville??? only 1300? Pffft Hardly worth the taxpayers money. The Vikings! now that's a rape record worth shouting about! The catholic church (other denominations are available) There's a rape / abuse record to be proud of! Ghengis Khan, Alexander the Great! All historical figures, revered now. Maybe in 3 centuries we'll come to see just how valuable folk like Hall, Glitter, Saville et al really are and what a 'fuss in a teacup', has been made of it! Please!!! Cut the fu**ers nads off for starters. Solitary confinement too good for the man(?) Disgusting! 15 months? out in 13. Penance indeed for the life of darkness his victims are having to endure. British Justice... A beacon once again!

[FredPuli43]

jno, you can certainly sentence a man under the powers you have now, not under the powers you would have had at the time of the offence. That makes sense. If Parliament decides that a particular offence deserves a greater maximum punishment , the previous maximum being too lenient, that's the sentence you can pass when the defendant comes before you.

[jno]

is that seen as a reasonable corollary of his having got away with it for so long, FredPuli? Seems to me if someone's committed a minor offence it's wrong he should be sentenced for a major one; it sound like retrospective law to me.

In that case he's got away lightly, no doubt about it.

[bundleone]

If he had been 'found out' earlier when he was younger he would have had a heavier sentence I should think, it;s a pity they couldn't have reported it earlier, why did they wait so long, they have been adult for years,

[jno]

they might have, I don't know.

[ELVIS68]

It shouldn't matter how long ago he committed these offences or how old he is now, the fact that he's admitted them should mean a maximum sentence.

Hearing how he's suffered depression and sleepless nights since being arrested is probably nothing compared to what his victims went through.

I hope he rots in jail with many more sleepless nights

[DTCwordfan]

why would he be in solitary - one would have to be pretty sick to bu--er an 83 year old man.....just let him be beaten up a bit. 3 months in a prison is bloody nowt and a disgrace...........(twenty per cent of the tariff - as per Hume)