When Careless And Unlucky, Hurting, Parents, Via Extreme Offenders, Challenge Already Bad Law

Very rarely, and very unfortunately, in a world of erring human beings, there is a coincidence of a number of circumstances, which leads to a terrible tragedy.

Sarah Payne, James Bulger, Madeleine McCann, April Jones etc, the list is relatively short, but very real. This is where parental responsibility has been lacking, even dangerously-lacking, but, paths have been crossed, with men in extreme mental states (usually), bent on carrying out unacceptable and, ultimately, devastating acts.

With these incredibly rare cases, comes the backlash, regret, grinding consciences, self and group recriminations, ill-informed, spineless and votemongering political populism, knee-jerk reactions and the dangerous input, of those with financial and other vested interests.

At these times, bad laws are created and regressed.

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Like most people would not believe

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Social Media - 14/3/17

April's Law Official @AprilsLawUK https://twitter.com/AprilsLawUK

April Jones Armyღ @AprilJonesArmy https://twitter.com/apriljonesarmy

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAprilsLawUK

https://www.facebook.com/PrincessAprilJones

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Ah, the Daily Mail gets it so correct, and yet ...

Published: 00:21, 14 March 2017 | Updated: 08:15, 14 March 2017

'Their victims don't get a second chance': Fury as April Jones’s family are told their bid to keep sex offenders registered for life would breach the perverts' human right."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4310934/No-lifelong-sex-offenders-register-April-Jones-mum-told.html

14 MAR 2017

April Jones’s family bid to keep sex offenders on register for life - but Home Office says it would breach their human rights 

"Five-year-old April was snatched from outside her home in Machynlleth by Mark Bridger, who was sentenced to a whole life term for her abduction and murder."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/april-joness-family-bid-keep-10023283

We are not sure why the campaigners are surprised, we told them many times.

 

**Plain and simples**

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13 March 2017

April Jones: Family's campaign debated in Parliament

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-39232812

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/aprils-law-petition-calling-tougher-12736570 

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/717460/family-of-murdered-schoolgirl-april-jones-want-sex-offenders-on-the-register-for-life (video)

http://www.itv.com/news/2017-03-13/aprils-law-put-sex-offenders-on-the-register-for-life (video)

(N.B. Ms Coral Jones, and her youthful daughter, Jazmin, talking absolute and dangerous rubbish, about the issues, in the videos (Piers egging them on, with passive glee). The 'April's Law' campaign, is replete with such ignorance, emotive claptrap and downright idiocy; of course, in Westminster Hall, yesterday, the politicians applauded them - so it goes).

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http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/f719ed61-5c41-423d-9217-b47257e79c57

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-03-13/debates/9CEF2396-BFAF-40BB-AC79-7E5087011744/ChildAbuseOffences(Sentencing)

 

They can and always do - 

Protection of Children Act 1978: 1978 c. 37 Section 5

Police and Justice Act 2006: 2006 c. 48 Part 5

Sentencing for attempted sexual offences against children should be more robust. My comments ahead of @AprilsLawUK debate today #AprilsLawUK pic.twitter.com/FSMepyhsWO

— Liz Saville Roberts (@LSRPlaid) March 13, 2017

@LSRPlaid @AprilsLawUK Do you think it may be a good idea to learn the law, before you comment on it? https://t.co/6J8MfEEKT3 pic.twitter.com/9aBUhZWvvm

— GhandisOPhoenix (@GhandisOPhoenix) March 14, 2017

Good write-up of yesterday's very challenging @AprilsLawUK #petition debate https://t.co/FdMFExVxci

— Catherine McKinnell (@CatMcKinnellMP) March 14, 2017

@CatMcKinnellMP @AprilsLawUK In para 3, we are referring to people just like you ..

— GhandisOPhoenix (@GhandisOPhoenix) March 14, 2017

@CatMcKinnellMP When Careless And Unlucky, Hurting, Parents, Via Extreme Offenders, Challenge Already Bad Law ...https://t.co/6J8MfEEKT3

— GhandisOPhoenix (@GhandisOPhoenix) March 14, 2017

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Note the quaint and laughable usage of the term 'Debate'.

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http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/politics/2017/01/31/aprils-law-parliament-will-debate-petition-after-it-reaches-100000-signatures-overnight

http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2017-02-13/campaign-for-aprils-law-gets-over-100-000-signatures

http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/31/petition-for-aprils-law-to-get-tougher-sentences-for-sex-offenders-passes-target-6417781

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2756372/petition-in-memory-of-murdered-schoolgirl-april-jones-calling-for-tougher-laws-for-sex-offenders-is-set-to-be-debated-in-parliament

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/mps-think-punishments-sex-offenders-12729403

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 http://www.aprilstrust.org.uk

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Jazmin Jones

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/166711

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Red herrings and empires ...

14 MAR 2017

Internet companies should do more to stop images of child abuse being posted online Newcastle MP 

"Catherine McKinnell said 'we can't be complacent' and should do more to protect kids."

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/internet-companies-should-more-stop-12736752 

http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/politics/2017/03/13/aprils-law-sex-offenders-must-be-strictly-checked-says-mp

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/family-murdered-april-jones-hit-12546833

http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2017/03/01/april-joness-mother-hits-out-at-senior-police-officers-paedoph

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http://www.itv.com/news/2017-02-22/sister-of-murdered-schoolgirl-april-jones-reveals-killer-also-targeted-her

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17/3/17

15/3/17

14/3/17

 
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Thursday 22 April 2010 09.19 BST

Sex offenders win appeal against indefinite inclusion on register

"Supreme court backs case of two sex offenders who claim being on register for life without review breaches their human rights."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/apr/21/sex-offenders-register-life-appeal

R (on the application of F (by his litigation friend F)) and another (FC) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant)

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2009-0144.html

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2009-0144-press-summary.pdf

http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2010/17.html 

http://old.gcnchambers.co.uk/news/supreme_court_upholds_sex_offenders_register_appeal 

26/7/2012

http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2012-06-27&number=29&display=allpossible

http://legislation.data.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111521403/data.htm?wrap=true

5 March 2012

Tightening the law on sex offenders

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tightening-the-law-on-sex-offenders

30 July 2012 

Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) Order 2012 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sexual-offences-act-2003-remedial-order-2012

Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) Order 2012 
 
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1883/contents/made

Sexual Offences Act 2003: Review of indefinite notification requirements

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/88A

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More to follow.

Risk Assessment - Not The Strong Point of CEOP/NCA

Today we launched the International Child Protection Certificate in #Romania. Find out why: http://t.co/2xcQQQMCc4 pic.twitter.com/JDeseREMwL

— CEOP (@CEOPUK) July 1, 2015

@CEOPUK You do realise, that Mr Harris, your only 'Case Study', was not a 'RSO'? pic.twitter.com/U95MvnZxfe

— The OSC (@OSC__________P) July 1, 2015

@CEOPUK We believe you need to rethink who the target of your yellow stars should be !!!

— The OSC (@OSC__________P) July 1, 2015

If your organisation works with children outside UK, ask any UK nationals for their #ICPC http://t.co/1Sn5JoekQZ pic.twitter.com/SvextRaYfS

— CEOP (@CEOPUK) July 1, 2015

@OSC__________P @CEOPUK This link should make the point clear. https://t.co/Uqejy2h3cX

— British Council (@roBritish) July 1, 2015

We’re in Romania delivering #ChildProtection training. Part of our programme to support #ChildSafety around the world pic.twitter.com/XB2vjJAths

— CEOP (@CEOPUK) July 2, 2015

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https://www.acro.police.uk/icpc

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6 Jul 2015 at 14:52

Schools told to screen foreign applicants for paedophilia [sic]

"Directive sent after UK embassy warned convicted paedophile applied for teaching job in Thailand."

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/614268/

Look Who Is Helping Spread The Fear, Danger and Lies, Once Again (Yup, Murdoch's Victim Puppet And The NSPCC) - Same Old, Same Old

Clue: Look after your kids better, and things get much better ...

(p.s. Mr Whiting is not a Paedophile.)

 No media work .... (?) ....

(ca. 10.00 a.m. 10/3/15)

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9.00 am 10/3/15

“Hundreds of convicted sex offenders are missing” – How worried should we be?

"So, without the profiles of those who are missing, it is hard to know how dangerous, or otherwise, these people are.

In addition, 97% of people on the Register have been assessed as ‘low risk’. It’s not a exact science, but the police would tend to err on side of caution for obvious reasons. If those are reflected in the missing, then it is likely that only 12 will not be classified as low risk.

Conclusion

Whenever there is a story like this, among the questions that it is always worth asking are; what the figures mean, whether it is a big number in real terms, what information is missing, and what the explanation for the figures are?

What is missing is any details of how many people who were previously missing were found because they committed other sexual or violent offences, as well as an analysis of the people who are missing.

To critically approach these questions is not to dismiss the seriousness of the issue, or the concerns of those raising this as an issue. But, in answer to the question of how worried we should be, perhaps the answer is ‘not as much as you’d think when you read the headline’."

https://danbunting.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/hundreds-of-convicted-sex-offenders-are-missing-how-worried-should-we-be/

“Hundreds of convicted sex offenders are missing”, but how worried should we actually be? http://t.co/abcmR3FfnG
— Dan Bunting (@danbunting) March 10, 2015

@danbunting Excellent overall TY - and recall, dangerous means danger of reoffending, not of causing harm.
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) March 10, 2015

@danbunting the main problem with public perception, is that having to notify is some measure of danger, when it is only a reflection ...
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) March 10, 2015

@danbunting ... of sentence length - and this is how the authorities want it to be, fear factor is all.
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) March 10, 2015

@danbunting ... and, of course, 'low risk' is the lowest risk anyone may be - that is >ANYONE< may be ...
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) March 10, 2015

@danbunting ... at least, all notifiees have been assessed, have these scaremongers ?!!!
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) March 10, 2015

@danbunting ...and profiteers.
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) March 10, 2015

http://t.co/282UswiIcB A sensible article to the screaming headlines on *hundreds of sex offenders missing* via @danbunting
— Tracey McMahon (@MAFTC) March 10, 2015

ACPO watches its back ...

UK has some of the most effective tools in the world to managed sex offenders http://t.co/RwuzHXySmr
— ACPO (@PoliceChiefs) March 10, 2015

UK has some of the most effective tools in the world to manage sex offenders http://t.co/RwuzHXySmr
— ACPO (@PoliceChiefs) March 10, 2015

@PoliceChiefs the trouble is, so long as you keep exploiting the fear factor effect of notification, in the media and elsewhere ...
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) March 10, 2015

@PoliceChiefs ... you will keep the populace believing, most of these people are any more dangerous than they are.
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) March 10, 2015

@PoliceChiefs It is ESSENTIAL that you and others confirm, regularly, that this is an administrative process, based on sentence length ...
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) March 10, 2015

@PoliceChiefs ... not one of dangerousness etc. I am afraid ACPO, and its partners, have been some of the worse for this, in the past.
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) March 10, 2015

@PoliceChiefs ... and that is one major reason, why we have the dangerous, fearful and angry populace, we do have.
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) March 10, 2015

@PoliceChiefs let me remind you ...
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) March 10, 2015

@PoliceChiefs http://t.co/U8KIvFIS3O - http://t.co/frqLlbdx64 -
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) March 10, 2015

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Wanted offenders

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Tuesday 10 March 2015

Nearly 400 registered sex offenders are reported as missing in the UK, police figures show

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/nearly-400-registered-sex-offenders-are-reported-as-missing-in-the-uk-police-figures-show-10097170.html

Nearly 400 registered sex offenders are reported as missing in the UK http://t.co/jkbVuJUe0b pic.twitter.com/IPGy983bRF
— The Independent (@Independent) March 10, 2015

In England and Wales there is just one member of police staff responsible for every 50 sex offenders | http://t.co/JeAKjtLcgA via @guardian
— NSPCC (@NSPCC) March 10, 2015

Hundreds of sex offenders missing, police figures show - http://t.co/6latKcDd15
— Jon Brown (@JonBrown46) March 10, 2015

Hundreds of convicted sex offenders are missing, new figures show http://t.co/Sn37AAz7ao
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 10, 2015

400 convicted sex offenders "missing" around UK, police records show http://t.co/mre9CrZaTR
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 10, 2015

Police forces have lost track of nearly 400 registered sex offenders, it's been revealed http://t.co/yBIDwji1oc pic.twitter.com/vKnCBXRfq4
— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 10, 2015

 Even without including VISOR, 394 represents ca. 1% of the cohort.

#Police lose track of #RegisteredSexOffenders. National #SexOffenceSolicitors http://t.co/uRxhDTDW8n
— Sex Crime UK (@sexcrimeuk) March 10, 2015

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Published at 12:01AM, March 10 2015

Hundreds of sex offenders go missing

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article4377556.ece

4:30AM GMT 10 Mar 2015

Hundreds of sex offenders on the run in the UK

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11459180/Hundreds-of-sex-offenders-on-the-run-in-the-UK.html

06:19, UK, Tuesday 10 March 2015

Police Forces Lose Track Of 396 Sex Offenders

http://news.sky.com/story/1441777/police-forces-lose-track-of-396-sex-offenders

Published: 09:10, 10 March 2015 | Updated: 09:10, 10 March 2015

Hundreds of sex offenders missing

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2987263/Hundreds-sex-offenders-missing.html

Tuesday 10 March 2015 00.01 GMT

Hundreds of convicted sex offenders are missing, new figures show

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/mar/10/hundreds-of-convicted-sex-offenders-are-missing-new-figures-show

10 March 2015 Last updated at 08:25

Hundreds of sex offenders missing, police figures show

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31804999

06:17, 10 March 2015

Convicted sex offenders have been going missing in Wales, police confirm

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/convicted-sex-offenders-been-going-8806445

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So, how does the USA compare, with its even more draconian and invasive system  ...

August 7, 2011, edited August 8, 2011

Addressing the 100,000 Missing Sex Offenders myth once and for all 

http://www.oncefallen.com/100000missing.html

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Schengen Information System

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Information_System

https://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/investigations/european-investigations/schengen-information-system

http://www.acpo.police.uk/documents/criminaljustice/2008/200810CJUSIS01.pdf 

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This is for reference, we may reconstruct it, chronologically, later ...

https://twitter.com/mwilliamsthomas/status/575228008010743808

Speaking For Themselves

Sexoffenders living at linden bank bail hostel are free to walk passed chreshes, schools, nurseries in our local shops & pubs not right!
— Janette rathbone (@time2go60) June 3, 2014

@IanMcFadyen1966 @fleetstreetfox @OSCP_1 come at us scumbag Nigel ur a cowerd u don't scare me scum I bite back now silly boy
— Janette rathbone (@time2go60) June 4, 2014

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Bless her dysfunctional and ignorant socks.

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If like me, you LOVE children & HATE paedophiles* please support me & use this link to sign my petition https://t.co/3SFibS1JzU …
— terryarmstrong (@terryarmstrong) May 29, 2014

I ABHOR PAEDOPHILES If you do too,help stop them! Join the other 2000+people who support us just click link > https://t.co/3SFibS1JzU …
— terryarmstrong (@terryarmstrong) August 20, 2014

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*'Paedophile' = 'child LOVER'

Crystal-clear Terry, TY.

"When One Considers The Crimes" - Looking At Pictures ... No Victims Here (Well, Perhaps One, And His Family) ... Move Along

Ms Susan Jones MP/AS 

Horrified, That She Will Miss The Paedocard, Vote, Gravy Train 

Knowledge Base and Sensitivity Assessment = 'Pitiful and Inadequate'

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23 May 2014

DI had 255,000 indecent child images on his computer

http://www.susanelanjones.co.uk/dennis-igo-had-255000-indecent-child-images-on-his-computer

Published: 18:51, 29 May 2014 | Updated: 08:07, 30 May 2014

Pervert [offensive, derogatory and inflammatory] with 250,000 child porn images goes free because he was depressed

>DI, 53, admitted making and possessing indecent images
>Spared jail and given suspended sentence, plus community service
>Court told I 'in a very dark place' as wife was undergoing cancer treatment
>MP Susan Elan Jones slams sentence as 'pitiful and inadequate'

"Ms Jones, Labour MP for Clwyd South, has asked the Attorney General for an urgent review of the sentence.

In the letter, she said: 'Mr I has pleaded guilty to some extremely disturbing charges and I feel that the sentence awarded is totally inadequate when one considers the crimes that have been committed.

'I urge you to take action on this matter and to review this case in depth. On behalf of the victims involved in Mr I's 'collection' and the local community which I represent, I ask that you take whatever action is available to you to see that justice is done in this case ...'

She later added: 'I have heard from many constituents in B over the weekend and they are all as horrified as I am. It's relatively unusual for an MP to ask the Attorney General to review an individual case but I will not let this matter rest.'

Ms Jones said she was horrified that the same judge recently gave a two-year custodial sentence for a currency scam, which she said seemed to be a discrepancy."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2642968/Businessman-spent-four-hours-day-looking-collection-250-000-child-porn-images-escapes-jail.html

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@susan.jones.mp@parliament.uk Do not know if you are here, or not - do not care, you are a no-mark - but, FTR ... http://t.co/2bduxZqVl0
— The OSC (@OSC12_o) May 31, 2014

@susan You should be aware, that Mr I has no victim names, on his charge sheets - that is because, there are no victims to Mr Igo.
— The OSC (@OSC12_o) May 31, 2014

@susan You are an ignorant, insensitive, vote-mongering, Child Saver - not grasping the mental, social and legal issues, even is she tried.
— The OSC (@OSC12_o) May 31, 2014

@susan If you ever wake-up, you know where we are.
— The OSC (@OSC12_o) May 31, 2014

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Susan Elan Jones MP/AS(shole)

http://www.susanelanjones.co.uk

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24720/susan_elan_jones/clwyd_south

http://www.labour.org.uk/mp/susan_jones/829

http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/susan-elan-jones/3956

To Be Spent, But, Still To Be Prejudiced Against - Nothing Changes

DBS list of offences that will never be filtered from a criminal record check https://t.co/vKgbeDKUSG
— CrimeLine.info® (@CrimeLineLaw) December 2, 2013

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List ... https://t.co/vKgbeDKUSG (.xlsx)

Going to be a minefield ...

http://therealosc.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/ROA%201974

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December 2013

Filtering legislation

"What is the new filtering legislation about?

Previously, all convictions, cautions, final warnings and reprimands on the Police National Computer were disclosed on Standard and Enhanced DBS (formerly ‘CRB’) certificates until a person reached 100 years of age.

On the 29th May 2013, an amendment to The Police Act 1997 was implemented that allows certain minor offences to be removed or ‘filtered’ from the certificates. Offences that are eligible to be filtered no longer need to be disclosed for jobs that are eligible for Standard or Enhanced DBS checks.

Please note that the legislation applies to England and Wales only."

http://www.nacro.org.uk/what-we-do/resettlement-advice-service/advice/legislation/filtering-legislation,1648,NAP.html

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Page history: Updated 13 December 2013, see all updates

DBS filtering guide Organisation: Disclosure and Barring Service

Information added about external guidance available from Nacro and Unlock. 13 December 2013 10:46am

Added more information about convictions with multiple offences. 13 September 2013 11:01am

Updated to version 1.4 - added a link to Unlock guidance1 2 August 2013 3:37pm

Uploaded new version 1.3 with further advice on filtering. 30 July 2013 2:20pm

Updated version of the document.1 2 June 2013 12:24pm

Updated the document 29 May 2013 8:41am

First published. 28 May 2013 3:34pm

Policy: Helping employers make safer recruiting decisions
Collections: DBS filtering guidance and DBS checking service guidance

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265811/Filtering_guidance_v3.pdf

Get Your Fingers Out

Published 14 November 2013

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - Commons Library

"Research publications › Research briefings‎

Standard notes SN01841. Authors: Sally Lipscombe."

"The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 aims to give those with convictions or cautions the chance – in certain circumstances – to wipe the slate clean and start afresh.

Under the Act, eligible convictions or cautions become “spent” after a specified period of time known as the “rehabilitation period”, the length of which varies depending on how the individual concerned was dealt with. Prison sentences of over 30 months are excluded from the scope of the Act and can therefore never become spent. The rehabilitation periods for other types of sentence vary according to whether the person was cautioned or convicted and, if the latter, the type of sentence imposed. Rehabilitation periods will generally be shorter for offenders aged under 18 when they were convicted.

Once the conviction or caution becomes spent, the offender is regarded as rehabilitated and (for most purposes) is treated as if he had never committed the offence.

However, there are a number of exceptions to this general approach. For example, for some types of employment a person can be required to disclose details of both unspent and spent convictions or cautions.

The Government has recently legislated (via section 139 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012) to reform the 1974 Act in two key ways. The first key change is to extend the scope of the Act to cover custodial sentences of up to 48 months, and the second is to change the length of some of the rehabilitation periods (in most cases by reducing them).

The Act received Royal Assent on 1 May 2012 but section 139 has not yet been commenced and so is not yet in force. The Government had initially indicated that section 139 would be commenced in spring 2013; however, in February 2013 the offender rehabilitation charity Unlock said that it had been notified by the Government that section 139 would not now be commenced until November 2013. In answer to a PQ in October 2013, the Government said that it was working through some significant business and technical issues regarding implementation that were required to be resolved before commencement. It said that it aimed to have the reforms in place at the earliest possible point."

http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn01841/the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn01841.pdf

The Reality Is The Opposite

October 17, 2013

In Defense of Rational Sex Offender Public Policy and Laws

"The past several weeks I have been researching the sex offender laws applicable for sex offenders living in Rhode Island and in South Carolina. While not surprising, the laws are anything but rational and they are certainly not empirically based. This goes across the board, not merely in Rhode Island or South Carolina but at both the state and federal levels."

"*1-Most research indicates that sexual offenders have a very low rate of recidivism, much lower than most other types of offenders. This is the case even if the popular media preys on American citizen's fears of sex offenders and hints that the reality is the opposite."

http://prisonlawblog.com/blog/in-defense-of-rational-sex-offender-public-policy-and-laws#.UmqZRlM4lCO

Not Quite ...

Tue October 1, 7:08 p.m. BST

Mentally ill 'most discriminated against group in Britain'

"People with mental health problems are widely seen as the most discriminated-against group in Britain, according to new research from YouGov

Following a week where backlash over ‘mental patient’- and ‘psycho ward’-themed fancy dress costumes sold in supermarkets led to the costumes being pulled from stores, a YouGov survey on discrimination in Britain reveals that people with mental health problems are seen as the most marginalised, with gypsies, transsexuals and immigrants also high on the list."

http://yougov.co.uk/news/2013/10/01/mentally-ill-most-discriminated-against

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Because, you see, we do not even warrant consideration ...

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The Creation of Fresh Pariahs

"The Creation of Fresh Pariahs - Few Equal Opportunities For Us

In 1997, what may have appeared to be a reasonable and beneficial idea, towards a better society, has now become a living nightmare for many individuals and families.

Since that time, mission creep, populist political posturing and law-making, along with the vested interests of the media, lobby groups and a stifling regime of policing, has led to fear, disenfranchisement and little hope towards a worthy future for these people and their families.

This, not small, group of UK citizens, some isolated and poverty-stricken for no good reason, has little real support, a limited ability to fight for their Civil and Human Rights and some, quite unacceptably, live in constant fear of attack or harassment.

So, who can these people be? Who is this sizeable, yet, apparently, invisible group? Who could be suffering so much and yet be receiving so little attention? This group of people are the so-called ‘Sex Offenders’ and their families. This group includes me. Thank You."

http://therealosc.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/creation-of-fresh-pariahs.html

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Sunday 13 October 2013

One in six gay or bisexual people has suffered hate crimes, poll reveals

"Some 630,000 people have been victims in past three years says poll, which calls for police to take the problem more seriousl."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/13/one-in-six-gay-people-hate-crimes

"All Other Claims Against Defendants Are Dismissed With Prejudice" - Well, At Least The Court Terminology Is Honest - USA

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Doe v Raemisch

"Plaintiffs' affidavits explain in detail the difficulties and embarrassment they and their families have endured as a consequence of complying with these new restrictions, even though their convictions are now almost twenty years in the past and they have led completely law-abiding, if not exemplary, lives in the interim. Their stories raise substantial questions as to the wisdom and fairness of subjecting them and similarly situated individuals to lifetime registration and notification requirements with their attendant obligations and restrictions. But given the previous decisions addressing the issues Plaintiffs raise, I conclude that the relief, if any, must come from the legislative branch. With one limited exception, the fact that the restrictions are difficult and cumbersome is not enough to make them unconstitutional. For the most part, the amendments to the Wisconsin sex offender registry system do not depart in any meaningful way from the systems already found to be constitutional by the Bollig and Smith Courts.

The lone exception I find to this is the $100 fine provision, which I have concluded cannot be constitutionally imposed on them. With this exception, Defendants' motion for summary judgment is GRANTED and Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment is DENIED. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment declaring that imposition of the $100 annual fee on Plaintiffs pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 301.45(10) constitutes punishment in violation of their rights under the ex post facto clauses of the United States and Wisconsin constitutions and enjoining Defendants from assessing or collecting such amount from Plaintiffs. All other claims against Defendants are dismissed with prejudice."

September 25, 2013

Federal Court of Appeals: Sex Offender Registry Fee Unconstitutional Ex Post Facto Violation Under Certain Circumstances

http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/federal-court-of-appeals-sex-offender_25.html

Doe v Raemisch

http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8848008220643270891&hl=en&as_sdt=2&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr

http://sexoffender-decisions.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/doe-v-raemisch.html

http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/federal-court-of-appeals-sex-offender_25.html

Too Valuable A Scapegoat

18 September 2013 Last updated at 11:03

Paedophile [sic] loses bank rule challenge

"A convicted paedophile [sic] has lost a legal challenge against rules requiring him to disclose bank details to police.

The man jailed for child sex offences claimed the rules breached his right to a private life and were not necessary.

The recently-introduced measures require convicted sex offenders to reveal bank accounts and credit cards.

But rejecting the challenge, the High Court said the rules were a "very valuable" practical and proportionate means of providing further protection.""

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24144417

Paedophile [sic] named and shamed [?] as High Court rubbishes his claim that sex offender laws 'breach his human rights' 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424572/Paedophile-named-High-Court-rubbishes-claim-sex-offender-laws-breach-human-rights.html

“Follow the money” powers do not breach sex offenders’ privacy rights

http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2013/09/18/follow-the-money-powers-do-not-breach-sex-offenders-privacy-rights

http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/09/follow-the-money-powers-do-not-breach-sex-offenders-privacy-rights-uk-human-rights-blog

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Tightening the law on sex offenders

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tightening-the-law-on-sex-offenders

Sex offender to take case to Court of Appeal

http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/News/Sex-offender-to-take-case-to-Court-of-Appeal-22082013.htm

New Sex Offenders Notification Regime to be challenged

http://www.gcnchambers.co.uk/news/new_sex_offenders_notification_regime_to_be_challenged

Wastes Valuable Resources On 'No'-Risk Offenders

Published: Friday, August 30, 2013 at 19:05 PM

Court right to rule not all sex offenders same

"To the editor:

In the age of information, there is no excuse for ignorance of nearly two decades’ worth of studies on sex-offender policies and profiles. Sadly, the statements made by law enforcement and District Attorney Ernie Lee in an Aug. 20 article headlined, “Law enforcement weighs in on appellate decision” — regarding the repeal of North Carolina’s social media ban for sex offenders — don’t reflect that.

The judges in the case clearly stated that the law was overly broad because the ban applied to everyone convicted of any type of sex offense, without regard to whether or not they posed a risk to re-offend, had used a computer to commit their initial crime or had a child victim.

Why would law enforcement support a law that wastes valuable resources on no-risk offenders while truly dangerous individuals fall through the cracks?

According to a 2008 report by the American Psychological Association, “the publicity about online ‘predators’ who prey on naive children using trickery and violence is largely inaccurate.” The report goes on to say that the majority of victims in cases where social media was involved were willing participants in Internet-initiated sexual activity, but too young to legally give consent. The cases rarely involved violence and 75 percent of victims engaged physically with their offenders more than once.

A tremendous number of arrests for “soliciting minors” stem from law enforcement sting operations who entice potential offenders with non-existent teenagers.

Lastly, social media has become an integral part of connecting with friends and loved ones, keeping up on and discussing the news, and even obtaining employment. We should be encouraging former sex offenders to re-integrate healthily, not create additional obstacles. Lack of stability and access to loved ones have both been shown to increase the risk of re-offense.

Given the conclusive reports of low sex-offender recidivism and high prevalence of crimes committed by first-time offenders, we agree with the court’s ruling. While we can all agree that one re-offense is one too many, and that predatory behavior towards minors must be stopped, it is counter-productive to pour precious resources into defending a law that in reality will do almost nothing to prevent future victimizations.

Shana Rowan, Washington, D.C"

http://www.jdnews.com/opinion/letters/court-right-to-rule-not-all-sex-offenders-same-1.195676

http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/court-right-to-rule-not-all-sex.html

State v Packingham

http://sexoffender-decisions.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/state-v-packingham.html

False Sexual Allegations - Lot Of It About, It Seems

PUBLISHED: 13:50, 19 August 2013 | UPDATED: 18:20, 19 August 2013

'It's never too late to right your wrong': US daughter who sent her own father to prison for 40 years after lying that he raped her pleads for his release

">Daryl Kelly jailed in 1997 after his eldest daughter accused him of rape,
>Now 24, Chaneya Kelly said she was forced to make claim by her mother,
>Said mother Charade threatened to beat her if she did not accuse father,
>Charade Kelly signed a sworn affadavit declaring she threatened Chaneya,
>Daryl Kelly jailed for 20 to 40 years after being convicted by a jury."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2397002/Daughter-sent-father-prison-40-years-lying-raped-pleads-release.html

Daughter says she lied about her dad raping her

http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/18/19936408-daughter-i-lied-and-sent-my-dad-to-prison-for-rape?lite

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Posted: Monday, August 19, 2013 4:53 am | Updated: 8:03 am, Mon Aug 19, 2013 

Hampton woman to be sentenced today for lying about sexual assault

"A Hampton woman who invented a sexual assault that sent an innocent man to prison is set to be sentenced today, clearing the way for the Virginia Court of Appeals to consider clearing his name.

Elizabeth Paige Coast, 23, falsely accused Johnathan C. Montgomery of sexually assaulting her in 2000 when she was 10 years old. She pleaded guilty in May to perjury and faces up to 10 years in prison when sentenced in Hampton Circuit Court this afternoon."

http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/hampton-woman-to-be-sentenced-today-for-lying-about-sexual/article_cbb89e0c-08ac-11e3-a654-0019bb30f31a.html

Elizabeth Paige Coast Gets Two Months In Jail [!] For Perjury While Johnathan Montgomery, The Man She Lied About In Court, Served Four Years

http://www.onenewspage.co.uk/n/US/74vzeni8h/Elizabeth-Paige-Coast-Gets-Two-Months-In-Jail.htm

http://jonathanturley.org/2013/08/20/virginia-woman-falsely-accuses-man-of-rape-and-sends-him-away-for-four-years-before-recanting-given-just-60-days-in-jail-to-be-served-on-weekends/

Man freed from prison after serving four years when woman wrongly claimed he molested her when she was 10

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2237300/Man-freed-prison-serving-years-woman-wrongly-claimed-molested-10.html

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9 August 2013 Last updated at 11:03

False rape claim woman Cathy Richardson jailed

"Cathy Richardson Cathy Richardson was jailed for perverting the course of justice

A woman who falsely claimed she had been raped has been jailed for a year.

Cathy Richardson, 26, from Viking Court in Shoebury, Essex, told officers she had been sexually assaulted several times over two months in 2012 by a man she knew.

A man was arrested on suspicion of rape but was later released without charge after a series of interviews.

Richardson was jailed for 12 months at Basildon Crown Court after admitting perverting the course of justice."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-23629148

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10 August 2013 Last updated at 11:08

Angela England jailed over Conwy false rape allegation

"Angela England Angela England alleged rape following a night out

A mother who falsely accused a taxi driver of raping her has been jailed for 20 months at Mold Crown Court.

Angela England, 42, who was living in Conwy county at the time, admitted perverting the course of justice on 30 May last year."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23645807

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Community Of The Wrongly Accused

http://www.cotwa.info

Falsely Accused of Sexual Abuse?

http://www.pafaa.org.uk/wordpress

False Rape Society

http://falserapesociety.blogspot.co.uk

FalseRape.Net

http://www.falserape.net

FACT

http://www.factuk.org

The latest international false rape allegations

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/356548

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False claim of abuse still haunts Chino ex-teacher

http://www.dailybulletin.com/general-news/20130805/false-claim-of-abuse-still-haunts-chino-ex-teacher

Unrelated To Achieving Its Purported Goal

Updated at 10:49 AM today

North Carolina appeals court strikes social media ban for sex offenders

"The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday struck down North Carolina's ban on registered sex offenders using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.

The court said the ban in N.C. General Statute 14-202.5 "is not narrowly tailored, is vague, and fails to target the "evil" it is intended to rectify."

"The statute violates the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech, and it is unconstitutional on its face and as applied. Accordingly, we vacate the trial court's judgment," wrote the court.

The ruling centered around a Durham case in which LGP appealed his felony conviction for accessing a commercial networking site last year. According to the trial records, the Durham Police Department was looking at evidence that registered sex offenders were using the websites MySpace and Facebook, and an officer recognized P's photo on Facebook.

The North Carolina law says registered sex offenders may not use commercial social media sites if they know the site "permits minor children to become members or to create or maintain personal Web pages."

But in its ruling, the appeals court said the law "arbitrarily burdens all registered sex offenders by preventing a wide range of communication and expressive activity unrelated to achieving its purported goal [of preventing contact with children.]""

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9212242

http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/north-carolina-appeals-court-strikes.html

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State v P

http://sexoffender-decisions.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/state-v-packingham.html

http://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&pdf=MjAxMy8xMi0xMjg3LTEucGRm

Welsh Commonbit

10 August 2013 Last updated at 11:08

Angela England jailed over Conwy false rape allegation

"Angela England Angela England alleged rape following a night out

A mother who falsely accused a taxi driver of raping her has been jailed for 20 months at Mold Crown Court.

Angela England, 42, who was living in Conwy county at the time, admitted perverting the course of justice on 30 May last year.

She claimed the taxi driver had raped her near her home, but his vehicle was fitted with a tracking device which proved she was lying, the court heard.

The false allegation was invented following a night out in Llandudno."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23645807

Not All Bad News

News 26.6.2013 7:00 | updated 26.6.2013 7:00

Justice Minister: No sex offender registry needed

"A Facebook group page publishing photos and information about convicted pedophiles [sic] in Finland was closed down earlier this month, but the same group has started a new page on the social website. Justice Minister Anna-Maja Henriksson says Finland needs no public register of sex offenders."

http://yle.fi/uutiset/justice_minister_no_sex_offender_registry_needed/6704706

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July 5, 2013 - 09:09

Moldova bans chemical castration sentence for paedophiles

"Moldova's constitutional court has banned the use of chemical castration to punish convicted paedophiles, ruling that it represents a violation of fundamental human rights."

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/Moldova_bans_chemical_castration_sentence_for_paedophiles.html?cid=36375720

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12 July 2013 Last updated at 17:47 

 Former Today boss ES cleared of schoolgirl rape

"Former UK newspaper boss ES has been found not guilty of raping a schoolgirl.

Mr S, 69, who founded the Today newspaper, denied six counts of rape. He had told the Old Bailey he had "never touched" the teenage girl."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23291465

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Jun. 29, 2013

Sentencing rule defied

"Judge twice gives Ohio child-porn owner 1-day jail stay, says guidelines are flawed

Appalled at the harsh sentencing guidelines for child pornography offenses, a federal judge sentenced an ailing, 67-year-old defendant to only one night in jail — and when an appeals court ordered the defendant resentenced, the judge imposed the same punishment.

“If I have got to send somebody like Mr. (R)B to prison, I’m sorry, someone else will have to do it,” said U.S. District Judge James L. Graham of Columbus, Ohio. “I’m not going to do it.”

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday vacated B’s sentence again, saying it didn’t reflect the seriousness of the offense, and this time ordered that another judge impose a penalty.

The unusual act of judicial disobedience by Graham — who was appointed to the bench 27 years ago by President Ronald Reagan — is the latest protest of sentencing rules for pornography possession, which other federal judges have described in opinions as “irrational” and “bordering on witch hunts.”

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130628/NEWS10/306280110/Federal-judge-thumbs-nose-sentencing-guidelines-gives-child-porn-defendant-1-night-jail?nclick_check=1

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Published on 09/06/2013 00:00

Children’s commissioner: Rules on touching ‘wrong’

"SCOTLAND’S Children’s Commissioner has claimed that touching children is “fundamental” to their development and that the “pendulum of safety has swung too far” in their relationship with adults such as teachers.

Tam Baillie, appointed by the Scottish Government to champion children’s issues, said many professional carers and volunteers were scared to touch a child who was not ­related to them because of concern over how those ­actions might be perceived.

Baillie’s comments come in advance of a meeting of a ­panel of children’s experts this week which will debate the ­notion that “Touching children shouldn’t be taboo, it should be an expectation”."

http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/children-s-commissioner-rules-on-touching-wrong-1-2960417

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Jeremy Irons 'feels sorry' for those accused of abuse

http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/jeremy-irons--feels-sorry--for-those-accused-of-abuse-100712961.html

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Unmasked: child abduction fears unfounded

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/unmasked-child-abduction-fears-unfounded-20130607-2nuy2.html

A Thorold Resident

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Pedophile [sic] poster points to wrong address

"A Thorold woman whose home has been targeted in a poster campaign inaccurately claiming a sex offender is living in her residence says her family is afraid to go outside for fear of retribution.

"It's scary," said the Bolton Ave. woman, who didn't want to be identified. "It's literally just blossomed into this huge, huge thing that isn't even true."

But one of the men who handed out flyers warning residents that SMD is living in the house stands by them.

"If we had to do this whole thing again, we wouldn't hesitate doing it," said the Thorold resident, who said he distributed the flyers with members of the Ontario Coalition for Accountability."

http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2013/07/16/pedophile-poster-points-to-wrong-address

http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/canada-posters-point-to-wrong-address.html#.Uee6GztOSSo

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Ontario Coalition for Accountability

http://ontariocfa.com/

https://www.facebook.com/OntarioCfA

https://twitter.com/OntarioCfA

http://www.youtube.com/user/neilhas/videos

Don't Ruin Their Political Ambitions With Truth

June 23, 2013 at 3:09 AM

Letter: Sex offender residency bans are ineffective

"I was disappointed, but unfortunately not surprised, to read the Times’ June 18 editorial supporting a sex offender residency restriction bill in the New Jersey Legislature.

The public relies on the media to report accurately, particularly on such an important subject. Yet, when it comes to sex offender issues, even editorial boards seem more motivated by emotion than facts. Numerous studies on residency restrictions, including a 2012 study by Jill Levenson, Ph.D., of Lynn University in Florida, have found that sexual recidivists do not live closer to schools or parks than non-recidivists. The few registrants who did sexually re-offend were likely to drive to a different neighborhood.

State Sen. Fred Madden is a sponsor of a bill to prevent released sex offenders from living close to schools, playgrounds."

http://www.nj.com/south-jersey-voices/index.ssf/2013/06/letter_sex_offender_residency.html

N.J. bill aims to protect evacuees from sex offenders following Paulsboro train derailment

http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2013/02/nj_bill_aims_to_protect_evacue.html

Thank You Mr Buck, You Are A True Hero

11:05am UK, Monday 15 July 2013

Murder Victim 'Tried To Help Paedophile [sic]'

"Police want to speak to a man after a pensioner was killed while he tried to help a 'convicted paedophile' [sic] who was being attacked.

The images are believed to be of suspect Ian John McLoughlin.

CCTV images have been released as police hunt an "extremely dangerous man" over the murder of a pensioner.

Graham Buck may have died trying to help his neighbour, believed to be convicted paedophile [sic] F C-W, who was being attacked at his home.

Police urgently want to speak to Ian John McLoughlin, also known as Ian John Baker, in connection with the killing in Little Gaddesden, near Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire on Saturday afternoon.

Police are trying to trace McLoughlin."

http://news.sky.com/story/1115914/murder-victim-tried-to-help-paedophile

Bunny Boiler

Published: 09th July 2013

Jilted woman who made FIVE bogus rape claims is jailed

"Liar ... Leanne Black

A BITTER ex-girlfriend has been jailed for a string of false rape claims against FIVE men in eight years.

Lying Leanne Black, 32, is Britain’s worst offender for making up rape accusations.

She spitefully invented rape stories after rowing or breaking up with her partners.

In one case, scorned Black claimed she had been drugged and raped — and in another she told police a boyfriend kidnapped and molested her.

A court heard her innocent partners’ lives were made a misery as they faced up to five years in jail if they had been found guilty of the serious sexual allegations.

But vengeful Black was herself jailed today for two years after she admitted perverting the course of justice.

A judge warned her that genuine rape victims were “undermined” by her lies.""

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5005370/woman-who-made-five-bogus-rape-claims-jailed.html