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Jon Venables Jailed For Possessing Over 1,000 Abuse Images
The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has accused the authorities of "colluding" to cover up his killer's behaviour and has branded his 40 months sentence ‘a farce’. There are also calls for his anonymity to be lifted before he strikes again. This is the second time since his initial release he’s been jailed for possessing such images, described by the judge as "vile" and "heartbreaking", so the question is are we too lenient on people like him and does there come a time when we should decide to throw away the key?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Was intent involved in the case you mention Islay? Thompson and Venables had already failed in a previous attempt that day to kidnap another child whose mother luckily stopped them. The manner of Jamie's death was absolutely horrendous, sexually abused, stoned to death and then laid on a railway line and run over. How much worse can it get?
Is this the one Islay
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In my mind there is no such thing as 'second hand abuse' in relation to child sex offences.
What is being done to these children is because of people like venables. The actual perpetrators take great pleaseure in making the images but let's not forget they are also done for the delectation of others.
I would make everyone involved from the abuser to the distributor, to the carver who takes them along for the ordeal and right down to the one purchasing, viewing or downloading the images.
Every time that image is viewed is an abuse of the child.
What is being done to these children is because of people like venables. The actual perpetrators take great pleaseure in making the images but let's not forget they are also done for the delectation of others.
I would make everyone involved from the abuser to the distributor, to the carver who takes them along for the ordeal and right down to the one purchasing, viewing or downloading the images.
Every time that image is viewed is an abuse of the child.
Perhaps the first thing that needs to be done is to remove the anonymity cover that he enjoys. We have no compunction in naming and shaming people who are totally innocent of any crime whatsoever, as long as someone is prepared to make an accusation. Why are the "authorities" and "experts" so welded to the idea that this excuse for a human being needs their protection?
I haven’t watched the programme Islay has referred to but from what I can gather from other people’s comments the situation was very different indeed. For one thing these two boys weren’t 6 – they were 10 years old and what they did they did with intent. They took Jamie Bulger, deliberately tortured him, and according to part of a transcript of the police tapes I read this morning, said they were throwing bricks at Jamies’ head and they wanted him to die. Very clearly no comparison whatsoever.
It was a shocking affair, and one of a handful of cases that stick in our minds. Venables is obviously still twisted and should be kept locked up. I find it harder to decide if the original ‘punishment’ was appropriate or not as I really don’t know how much someone so young would understand. They would know right from wrong, but would they understand the gravity of what they were doing? They clearly didn’t understand that it would be easy to catch them, and they clearly didn’t understand what others would think of them. I just don’t know is the honest truth.
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