Runaway Teacher Found Guilty

[rl4engc]

I disagree with a fixed age of consent for teenagers. I believe it should be assessed on a case by case basis. Some, such as this one, are perfectly able to consent and understand what consent means.

WHS - I recall was it the Daily Star or similar, had a countdown to Charlotte Church' 18th birthday? I didn't see any of those hacks being hauled up before a judge for harassing a child! The law as it stands says 17y 11m 3[0/1] days is illegal, 18y is fair game.

[SimonMac]

WHS - I recall was it the Daily Star or similar, had a countdown to Charlotte Church' 18th birthday? I didn't see any of those hacks being hauled up before a judge for harassing a child! The law as it stands says 17y 11m 3[0/1] days is illegal, 18y is fair game.

Because that's how law's work, they can only be black or white, we may not agree with them but its how its done, the judiciary gets the final say with the punishment, thats why doing 31 in a 30 zone nothing happens, do 131 in a 30 zone and you go to jail.

[Platypus]

WHS - I recall was it the Daily Star or similar, had a countdown to Charlotte Church' 18th birthday? I didn't see any of those hacks being hauled up before a judge for harassing a child! The law as it stands says 17y 11m 3[0/1] days is illegal, 18y is fair game.

Your point stands, but IIRC it was a 15 year old with enormous knockers who wanted to go topless in the Star, which she did on her 16th birthday. Phwoar!

[Uncle Albert]

WHS - I recall was it the Daily Star or similar, had a countdown to Charlotte Church' 18th birthday? I didn't see any of those hacks being hauled up before a judge for harassing a child! The law as it stands says 17y 11m 3[0/1] days is illegal, 18y is fair game.

Um... isn't it 16 rather than 18?

[Platypus]

Um... isn't it 16 rather than 18?

Oh ... apparently it's 18 now, it was 16 until 2003

Before 2003, British tabloids could legally feature 16- and 17-year-old girls as topless models. Samantha Fox, Maria Whittaker, Debee Ashby, and others began their topless modelling careers in the Sun when they were 16, while the Daily Sport was even known to count down the days until it could feature a girl topless on her 16th birthday, as it did with Linsey Dawn McKenzie in 1994. In 2003, the Sexual Offences Act 2003 raised the minimum legal age for topless modelling to 18.

[MyUserName]

Oh ... apparently it's 18 now, it was 16 until 2003

Before 2003, British tabloids could legally feature 16- and 17-year-old girls as topless models. Samantha Fox, Maria Whittaker, Debee Ashby, and others began their topless modelling careers in the Sun when they were 16, while the Daily Sport was even known to count down the days until it could feature a girl topless on her 16th birthday, as it did with Linsey Dawn McKenzie in 1994. In 2003, the Sexual Offences Act 2003 raised the minimum legal age for topless modelling to 18.

So presumably those pictures are now illegal? So the paper's archive sections would have had to remove them or risk charges being brought?

[stek]

Stuart Hall got 15 months. Doesn't stack up really does it?

[SimonMac]

Stuart Hall got 15 months. Doesn't stack up really does it?

No, it really doesn't

[Bunk]

Sad story.

I mean, of course he's stupid (as is she). He had options (resigning, waiting till she's 16 to make it official, etc.) and he made poor choices. And it's unlikely to be a sustainable relationship.

But, for Christ's sake, I don't think I've seen a case like this before where the 'perpetrator' cared THAT much about having the girl's explicit consent.

I disagree with a fixed age of consent for teenagers. I believe it should be assessed on a case by case basis. Some, such as this one, are perfectly able to consent and understand what consent means.

He would have had to wait until she was 18 because he was in a position of responsibility. I'm not sure if quitting would change that or if the fact that he met her while he was a teacher would still have had some bearing.

[Old Greg]

He would have had to wait until she was 18 because he was in a position of responsibility. I'm not sure if quitting would change that or if the fact that he met her while he was a teacher would still have had some bearing.

Of course that does ignore the pertinent fact that the man is a ******* moron.