Poll: Student jailed for 9 months for "prank"
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I can't believe that people needed you to make that clear...
If he plead guilty, he'll only serve half of that before being released on licence.
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Agree, sexual assault is bad enough, filming it and distributing makes it worse.
Banter is a ****ing horrible word and people who use it are hateful. People who use it to defend stupid actions are even more hateful. Like those retards "pranking" people on Youtube when they're just being ***** and end up nearly getting their asses kicked while screaming "it's a prank, it's a prank". It's not a prank. It's not banter. It's being a ****.
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If it were your misses and in a sexual relationship then there is the defence that you reasonably thought she would have consented. That's not the case about someone at uni whom you don't have that intimate relationship.
I'm amazed I need to make this point.
Wth. While its a stupid thing to do is it really worth 9 months in jail?
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Nah, maybe just a slap on the wrist, with a penis.
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Should have just shot her in the toilet- would have been out in about the same time!
Also, what workmate actually went to the length to grass him up! Jeez!
Also, what workmate actually went to the length to grass him up! Jeez!
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Should be just shot against the wall tbh.
Or fed to the dogs.
Or killed by mortars.
Or fed to the dogs.
Or killed by mortars.
A workmate who knows right from wrong and has some moral fibre maybe?
I'm in two minds.
On one hand the feelings of the victim can't be denied (neither can the law), on the other sexual assault (which includes other more extreme forms of abuse, such as groping women in public) seems excessive in this case. I've seen a friend put his rear end on the face of another & took a photo, I don't really class it at the same level as groping a women (but I do classify the story in the OP as more serious than this one also).
One thing which should be considered is the risk he poses to others & if jail time is required. I feel in this case it's following the letter of the law while not fully appreciating the spirit of the law (but I can't say I'm familiar with the particulars on this case so may be wrong).
On one hand the feelings of the victim can't be denied (neither can the law), on the other sexual assault (which includes other more extreme forms of abuse, such as groping women in public) seems excessive in this case. I've seen a friend put his rear end on the face of another & took a photo, I don't really class it at the same level as groping a women (but I do classify the story in the OP as more serious than this one also).
One thing which should be considered is the risk he poses to others & if jail time is required. I feel in this case it's following the letter of the law while not fully appreciating the spirit of the law (but I can't say I'm familiar with the particulars on this case so may be wrong).
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What makes groping someone in public "more extreme" than rubbing genitals in their face while unconscious? I don't see the logic there. Surely the willingness to assault an unconscious person is pretty extreme?
Yes, because one is a direct intentional violation for sexual gratification & the other is a stupid prank with no direct sexual motivation.
One indicates a potential sexual predator who may escalate.
The other a massive idiot.