Club statement regarding Barry Bennell's conviction

[mancityvstoke]

good

 

[nw42]

Not enough, could be out in 14, should never see the light of day again.

 

[OB1]

Hmmm.

Does this mean he could get out in 15 years(ish)?

 

[nw42]

Hmmm.

Does this mean he could get out in 15 years(ish)?

Yep, less the year he's just spent on remand, disappointing, here's hoping he drops dead soon.

 

[OB1]

Yep, less the year he's just spent on remand, disappointing, here's hoping he drops dead soon.

He should never get out.

 

[worsleyweb]

He should never get out.

He won't get out - he is in bad health and will serve 20 of the 31 - would make him 84. He won't make 84.

His life is effectively over.

Good.

 

[City Raider]

40 odd counts gets 30 years? Concurrent sentencing totally sends out the wrong message. If your one of those 40, you're dividing the total sentence by 40 and working out what he got for harming you. I know it's complicated but it's wrong.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

40 odd counts gets 30 years? Concurrent sentencing totally sends out the wrong message. If your one of those 40, you're dividing the total sentence by 40 and working out what he got for harming you. I know it's complicated but it's wrong.

You can get in a right mess if you blindly apply consectuive sentencing. But I do think there should be an adjustment for the number of offences in some way so that someone who's committed 30 similar offences gets a longer sentence than someone who's committed 3.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Hmmm.

Does this mean he could get out in 15 years(ish)?

Automatic remission is usually a third I believe so that's about 10 years off, meaning he should do just under 20 years when taking time on remand into account. But hopefully he'll be dead long before that point.

 

[Roberto Manciti]

Barry Bennell and Matthew Falder handed down 30+ years each a couple of hours apart. One good day for justice at least.