Adam Johnson guilty - 6 year sentence

[CTID1988]

All these different age of consent leaves me shaking my head.
I know all around the world it differs; in Mexico it's 12 for eg.
But in Europe surely it should all be the same.
What he did in France isn't even a crime as consent is 15 and in German it's 14 which means it's legal for a 70 year old man to fuck a 14 year old girl!

And the other thing which puzzles me a bit is legal age of voting is 18, smoking is 18, drinking is 18, gambling is 18 and that's because it's deemed the age of adulthood.
By that line of thinking and allowing sex at 16 and lower in other European countries it's actually legal and were allowing sex with a child!
Surely the whole of Europe should be 18??!!

Nah, I think 16 is right. Don't think it's fair that an 18 year old would be charged with statutory rape if their girlfriend was 16/17

 

[Paul Lake's Left Knee]

There was a very similar case a few years ago when a very famous person was found guilty of buggery and indecent assault on 4 boys. He was also found to have approached between 10000 and 20000 boys over a long period of sustained predatory activity. Like Johnson he abused his position and like Johnson showed no remorse, but then he went further. He has gone on record as believing he did nothing wrong and still claims it was a miscarriage of justice.
He got 7 years, a very similar sentence to Johnson, but unlike Johnson his abuse was long term and systematic. He was a predatory paedophile who used his position to abuse young boys but got the same sentence as Johnson.

That person should have got a lot longer IMO. Are we talking about a record producer and radio DJ with a wonky mouth and a name that was regal sounding? He is a proper ****

 

[Phil1]

On the face of it, it seems a harsh sentence but when you take into account the way he's acted throughout with little remorse it's obvious he still doesn't get what he did was so wrong. Hopefully it'll dawn on him over the next six years.

 

[moomba]

the social media campaign by his family and supporters added to his issues.

I really don't think that someone should be punished for what other people do on his behalf. Unless it's proven that he was behind it.

 

[Metalartin]

So he groomed her, kissed her, groped her sexually... did he actually have sex with her?

Also I just read(the mirror) he was arrested but released last year on "suspicion" on animal porn... so he wasn't charged? How can they arrest him without proof in the first place?
Police report added they also found a teen porn website in his visited pages which was "not normal"(but legal I take it?). Sounds like the press are really piling it on, I think the truth is enough already to sell papers without spicing it up.

 

[CTID1988]

Animal porn can be sent to people as a laugh though, I could probably be sent down for the same if they checked my phone!

Was he actually wanking over it?! Surely not

 

[DTKOAG]

 

[Metalartin]

The "they show no remorse" is just a personal judgement you make on someone though isn't it?(that's why women get more lenient sentencing and it shouldn't be that way) People don't always react to things in the same way IMO and it also opens it up for a pantomime affair for those willing to do it.

It should always be about what actually happened initially and the circumstances of it, the rest should come with appeals and such.

 

[kaz7]

So he groomed her, kissed her, groped her sexually... did he actually have sex with her?

Also I just read(the mirror) he was arrested but released last year on "suspicion" on animal porn... so he wasn't charged? How can they arrest him without proof in the first place?
Police report added they also found a teen porn website in his visited pages which was "not normal"(but legal I take it?). Sounds like the press are really piling it on, I think the truth is enough already to sell papers without spicing it up.

They are reporting on facts from the court that have to be held back until after sentencing,they are not making it up

 

[Metalartin]

They are reporting on facts from the court that have to be held back until after sentencing,they are not making it up

No but it was a year ago and he was released without charge meaning they had nothing... so why is that relevant and big news relating to this story? They want you to believe it to be so unless you actually read the story properly which most people don't.