The case has sparked a wider debate about the role of online porn in shaping children's attitudes to sex and violence. Some experts have suggested that the widespread availability of online porn has contributed to a culture of entitlement and disrespect among young people. Others have argued that the case highlights the need for a more robust approach to tackling online abuse and harassment. The case has also raised questions about the effectiveness of the justice system in dealing with serious crimes such as rape. The referral to the Court of Appeal has sparked hopes that the sentences will be increased, but some experts have warned that the system is stacked against victims of serious crimes. The case is a stark reminder of the need for a more comprehensive approach to tackling online abuse and harassment, and for a justice system that prioritises the wellbeing of victims over the wellbeing of perpetrators.
A judge's decision not to jail three teenage boys for the gang rape of two girls because he wanted to avoid criminalising them shows just how far British society has sunk, Sarah Vine has argued.
The boys, two aged 14 and one 13 at the time of the attacks, had lured two teenage girls to meet them, then raped them and filmed the attacks on their phones, with a knife used during the second assault. The sentences, handed down at Southampton Crown Court, triggered a public backlash and a referral by the Attorney General to the Court of Appeal over concerns they were unduly lenient.
Speaking to her co-host Peter Hitchens on the Daily Mail's Alas Vine & Hitchens podcast, Vine described the sentence as extraordinary and said the boys' actions were yet more evidence of the corrosive effects of online porn. The judge seems to have prioritised the boys' wellbeing over the wellbeing of the victims, who are very young too, Vine said.
They will have to deal with not only the act itself, but also the fact that it has been widely shared and therefore, they have been very roundly humiliated and abused. This is a thing that will follow them around for the rest of their lives. In an interview with BBC Newsnight, one of the victims, now 15, said she can always feel their hands on her and can't sleep at night.
Her parents are now calling for the attackers to be jailed, with her father saying the case will have a lifelong impact on his daughter and the family and amounts to a life sentence for her. Hitchens broadly agreed with Vine, describing Britain's criminal justice system as street theatre. The justice system doesn't really affect an awful lot of criminals at all, most are never detected, never prosecuted and never punished, he said.
The Roy Jenkins revolution of the 1960s replaced what used to be called the due punishment of responsible persons with a social work approach where crime is the result of an unfortunate upbringing, bad housing conditions and abuse. There's always an excuse for it, Hitchens said. Rape is a crime that the left quite rightly reviles as much as the right, he added.
There are many other cases of hideous crimes, where defenceless people have been treated horribly by criminals, where those criminals have been let off in a similar way. This is not just one case, it's a symptom of a much bigger problem, Hitchens said. If political conservatism had any sense, it would have tackled this years ago, he added. The case has sparked a wider debate about the role of online porn in shaping children's attitudes to sex and violence.
Some experts have suggested that the widespread availability of online porn has contributed to a culture of entitlement and disrespect among young people. Others have argued that the case highlights the need for a more robust approach to tackling online abuse and harassment. The case has also raised questions about the effectiveness of the justice system in dealing with serious crimes such as rape.
The referral to the Court of Appeal has sparked hopes that the sentences will be increased, but some experts have warned that the system is stacked against victims of serious crimes. The case is a stark reminder of the need for a more comprehensive approach to tackling online abuse and harassment, and for a justice system that prioritises the wellbeing of victims over the wellbeing of perpetrators
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