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 Every mother's worst nightmare.

9/30/2015

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 Every mother would dread having a convicted paedophile for a neighbour. But not everyone would take the law into their own hands.

Warning: Don't do this at home.

Court proceedings at the Old Bailey revealed the facts about a murdered paedophile. Within weeks of hearing that her 77-year-old neighbour had been released on bail ahead of his trial for molesting three young boys, a mother had pounded on her neighbour's door. Her intention was to plead with the man to admit his crimes and spare his young accusers from appearing in court.

But when he answered the door, he ignored her request and smirked. He told her the boys were all liars who had ruined his life.

Overwhelmed and emotional, she stabbed him. He crawled into the hall where he bled to death. She gave herself up soon after, and admitted her guilt.

The mother of five wept as she was jailed for three-and-a-half years.

She was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter by reason of loss of control.

The Judge said it was an exceptional case because she had lost control rather than taken the law into her own hands and engaged in vigilante conduct. He reduced her sentence from seven years to three-and-a-half, taking into consideration her position as a single mother.

The mother has already been in custody for the past 10 months and could be released on parole and reunited with her family in less than a year.

Men who prey on children ruin their victim's lives as well as the people around them. They say this sick predatory inclination has no cure. So many people have been indicated in this behaviour lately—men working in high-power jobs of government, the church, and show business.

As a society, we must find a way to control paedophiles' urges and keep our children safe.

I thank God this has never happened to me.

6 Comments
Alana link
9/30/2015 03:18:45 am

Years ago, a man who ran a martial arts dojo my son attended admitted to statutory rape - a relationship with a 16 year old female student. I don't think it was during the time my son was a student but it gave me chills. This kind of thing is every mother's nightmare. It may have been consensual but any man in a position of power with youngsters should not have done this. Period.

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Mahathi Ramya link
9/30/2015 03:32:38 am

Really scary Francene.. difficult to keep kids safe from abuse

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Vinitha link
9/30/2015 04:00:24 am

Sad, very sad! We can only hope for the best!

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Kathy link
9/30/2015 08:51:21 am

Interesting how they found her guilty of losing control instead of murder in this case. People who prey on children are sick and deserve whatever they get from the law, and otherwise. It is simply NOT ok.

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Corey Franklin link
10/1/2015 09:58:41 am

Pretty interesting read here, never came across a blog with posts quite like this. I believe the women should have been set free, just me though.

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Liza Lou link
10/1/2015 01:41:06 pm

Good read but pretty scary. x

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