Community sentence for raping a 13 year old girl.

200sols · 4 Apr 2023 at 13:56

Is this really what the people of Scotland expect?

Teenage rapist's sentence condemned as 'not justice'

Sean Hogg was ordered to carry out 270 hours of community sentence for raping a 13-year-old girl.

www.bbc.co.uk

270 hours of community service... and even if you think age is mitigation, which I don't then at the bottom of the article is this

Lord Lake told Hogg that if the offence was committed by an adult over 25, they would attract a sentence of four or five years.

4 or 5 years. For raping a 13 year old girl.

Court papers stated Hogg, of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, threatened the girl, seized her by the wrists and forced her to carry out a sex act before raping her.

200sols · 5 Apr 2023 at 09:20

Yaayuh! said:
It's pretty disgusting. However, his name and face is known, hopefully he will have a difficult life.

Perhaps, but i'd rather rely on the justice system over mob justice however it seems that is becoming increasingly unlikely outside of heavily publicised cases which generate public anger.

200sols · 5 Apr 2023 at 14:20

Even if you forget the age thing, the quoted sentence for someone over 25 was 4 or 5 years. We have a systemic issue here of being lenient on the most serious of crimes and putting too much faith in rehabilitation.

200sols · 5 Apr 2023 at 14:56

TheVoice said:
until it reaches a stage that means some action can start being taken.

You mean until someone rapes a child and then gets community service? Big action taken :rolleyes:

200sols · 6 Apr 2023 at 16:48

Richie said:
From what I have read, he was a 1st offender and didn't reoffend since the incident which

Second line in the article, he carried out various attacks on the girl in 2018. 1st offender may wash if you shoplift but when you start raping people...