18 months ....fair sentence?

[R1Geezer]

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I'm sure the head will suffer longer than 18 months for what this savage did.

[anotheoldgit]

I wonder what excuses the apologists will come up with.

They may even try to side track this savage attack, by another totally unconnected report.

[ELVIS68]

Caning a six year old certainly came back and bit him on the @rse

[Gladeian]

R1 I agree with you - but dont forget that the judges who hear these cases are bound by sentencing guidelines - and who set these guidelines? The LCJ in conjunction with myriad teams of criminologists (aka social workers) and other apologists for criminal behaviour - let judges act as they perceive what is just and not to accord with Home Office dictats

[Gladeian]

Civilised society? Whats civilised about an offence like this being "punished" with a sentence like this - who will be deterred from vilolence by this ?

[mollykins]

its says he'll get a 3 year sentence, or is 18 months how long it'll be until he's out?

[R1Geezer]

They never do more than half of the sentence mollykins

[jake-the-peg]

That's right mollykins and prisons have heated swimming pools and sauna's and free massages too!

[Seadragon]

I agree Jatte, there's no excuse for beating a child. It seems though Bullen had deeper issues if he can revenge an act from 20 years previous. Society isn't safe with him around even in 18 months but then he already has a criminal record.

He will probably be cheesed of to know that his head-teacher forgives him.

[bazwillrun]

Its a joke sentence, this scumbag has previous convictions for violent assaults, and they obviously didnt work

[dh001]

A few other media sources are stating the cretin got an Indeterminate Sentence with a minimum of 3 years custody, so hopefully he will end up doing a lot longer. Still a joke of a sentence.

[sara3]

Molly, if they behave themselves, most criminals are considered for release (on parole) after serving half their sentence.

[beso]

What thou soweth so shall you reap.

The teacher helped lay the foundations of violence as a solution in the psyche of his attacker as a child. Another reason the stone age philosophy of religion needs to be expunged from our societies.

Steve's post demonstrates the multifaceted and conflicting "see whatever you want" moral advice of the Bible.

[Canary42]

Just shows the futility of corporal punishment - this kid still turned out bad in spite of the attempted "correction".