Transsexual pervert who downloaded child porn is spared jail

[Hitman]

A transsexual who downloaded sickening images of child pornography escaped jail because a judge said prison would be too tough a place for her.

Laura Voyce, 20, who was born a man and used to go by the name Luke, faced being locked up for nine months in a male prison after being convicted of 14 counts of downloading indecent images of children.

Four of the images discovered on Voyce’s laptop were of level four, the second most serious, and featured semi-naked youngsters being abused.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0tjxuI7tK

Great. :S The system is messed up, just say you're guilty but tell the judge you don't like prison and they won't send you down, simple! :rolleyes:

[Catzsy]

I think you have to be in court to really understand why but she does have a suspended sentence so will be under constant review. It's quite ironic really that the conservatives were supposed to 'lock em all up' now they are letting them all out and discouraging imprisonment.

[Hitman]

I think you have to be in court to really understand why but she does have a suspended sentence so will be under constant review. It's quite ironic really that the conservatives were supposed to 'lock em all up' now they are letting them all out and discouraging imprisonment.

Nobody should get special treatment... and if she's a transsexual doesn't that mean she's legally a woman? So she could go to a woman prison?

[Catzsy]

Nobody should get special treatment... and if she's a transsexual doesn't that mean she's legally a woman? So she could go to a woman prison?

It says she is in transition so I imagine it could have been a logistical nightmare. As I say it looks like the new policy being rolled out by the government.
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...-falling-crime

I am quite amazed at this tbh.

[Hitman]

It says she is in transition so I imagine it could have been a logistical nightmare. As I say it looks like the new policy being rolled out by the government.
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...-falling-crime

I am quite amazed at this tbh.

Ugh I doubt it! If you don't lock people who commit crimes up then they are free on the streets to commit even more crimes... OK, so some people want them to go to rehab centres for criminals, maybe some will change but not all of them! Some people will just never learn and it's in the public's best interest to keep them off the streets and to prevent more crimes by locking them up.

[Catzsy]

Well where child pornography is concerned I am 100% with you because they are not going to be 'cured'. It is a very serious problem that doesn't have a lot of answers apart from locking them up in a secure environment.

[Hitman]

Well where child pornography is concerned I am 100% with you because they are not going to be 'cured'. It is a very serious problem that doesn't have a lot of answers apart from locking them up in a secure environment.

Yes I suppose so. I was more on the line of robbery and that, but still people don't learn... if people are let out of prison early or are not even sent down then what kind of message does that portray to the criminals? I am not a criminal, but if I knew there were lenient sentences or no sentences I'd be much more likely to commit a crime because I'd know the repercussions weren't going to be so harsh.

[dbgtz]

if she wouldnt stand it a) go to a female prison
b) keep constant supervision

maybe they should split prisons up into offense, well levels of offenses unles this is done already then it fails.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I think you have to be in court to really understand why but she does have a suspended sentence so will be under constant review. It's quite ironic really that the conservatives were supposed to 'lock em all up' now they are letting them all out and discouraging imprisonment.

Similar to how Labour released thousands of criminals on early-release schemes.

But hey, need I be proved more right on the fact the main three parties are practically the same.

[Special]

i didn't read the article but don't some people do community service instead of jail? she should do this instead of nothing :S