Another Child-Abusing Pervert Bites The Dust

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28660122

And he is one of the original attendees at the Elm Guest House...one down and dozens more to go we hope. He has spent various periods in prison, in different countries, all for the same type of offence...the sexual abuse of young boys. He is on record as saying that he refuses to acknowledge that he has done anything wrong and that the boys "enjoyed it" As soon as we let him out of jail, he immediately starts abusing again.

I am far from being a "hang em and flog em" type, as regular AB'ers will know but I am completely mystified why we let him out of prison every time, as he is still clearly a danger to children.

[jno]

he's got quite a, er, record, hasn't he. Sacked by Jonathan King!

[mikey4444]

A Denning quote from the Daily Telegraph in 2001 :::

"During the interview Denning showed no remorse for any of his offences and denied that he had ever harmed any of the teenage boys he had "groomed" for sexual relationships. Denning denied being a paedophile and described himself as "a reluctant martyr" for homosexual law reform.

He said that he believed the age of consent for sex should be "about 14".

[mikey4444]

jno...a phrase with "pot" and "kettle" in it comes to mind !

[wolf63]

I've never heard of him - but it is good that he is now likely to go to prison. I hear that prison can be an unpleasant experiences for perverts like him. :-)

[mikey4444]

Well, he should know wolfie, having been in prison in three different European countries !

[youngmafbog]

Good one less. Cheese wire is too good for him.

[ToraToraTora]

The problem is that, legally, once he's done time, he has to be freed. Even if you know he will reoffend the law is powerless until he does. I'd have thought some sort of head doctor should be able to section him or something, but no doubt the dreaded "human rights" card would be played at some point.

[mikey4444]

I am not a legal expert by any means ( where is NJ when we need him ! )

But if he was given one of those sentences that he should detained at Betty's Pleasure, then he would need to convince a panel that he was no longer a danger to young boys, before he was let out. Not sure if it would be possible in these cases though.

Perhaps, as with other aged lags, like Harris and Hall, as Denning is now 73, perhaps Mother Nature will help us out.

[Orderlimit]

Well done to the Met Police & Yewtree.

[ladyalex]

The trouble is that he is not suffering from a recognised mental illness, so cannot be Sectioned To be held at Her Majesty's Pleasure.
And as other have said, he cannot be locked up in future for something he might do as opposed to something he has done.
Would have thought that the length of sentnece shoudl get longer each time, though.
But I know very little of sentencing.

[Canary42]

He'a admitted 29 charges - surely if he's given maximum sentence for each of these, to be served consecutively, this should keep him out of circulation for a long time.