Police worker who used Habbo to get children to perform sex shows is jailed

[scottish]

Sentence is ridiculous, should have been much longer. This just leads me on to think that Habbo needs to be closed even though I opposed this a few months ago. But I wouldn't want my child playing a game like that? Rammed with paedophiles... it's not safe at all and its disgusting, because things like this will still carry on.

Same as any other website on the internet....

[JerseySafety]

3 & a half years? wow whats wrong with the justice system, thats outrageous. not a good look for Habbo either.

[Jarkie]

Oh dear, this is the last thing habbo needed.

Just shows you can't trust anyone. Not even the law - at times.

And only three years - I swear you get more for stealing a loaf of bread.

[CaptainAce]

Habbo is actually alot better then other sites that i've seen and theres not much of the cam stuff going on anymore either.

[Undesirable]

I agree with someone who already posted. Habbo isn't the WORST site.. it just gets prime target because it's popular. There are hundreds of websites this happens on.. least Habbo does its best to monitor the website. You'll never, ever be 100 % safe. If your that young, you shouldn't be allowed to use the internet unsupervised or at ridicilious hours of the night. Parents do need to take some responsibility for what there children are doing.

[David]

he will most likely get what is coming to him in jail, they dont like paedos in there. 3 years is fine imo

[Cokes]

his sentence should be longer..

Agreed

[kuzkasate]

Same as any other website on the internet....

Thanks for the -rep. But there's a different, most other websites aren't specifically designed for young children are they? When you sign up to Habbo, as a parent you'd expect it to be safe, it SHOULD be a safe environment for your children, but it's far from that. Habbo is paedo heaven and the fact that this has been going on for years and nothings been done about it, is even more disgusting so please elaborate how that is the same as any other website? When you sign up to other websites you might expect that or you'd be more cautious, but when you sign up to a game specifically for children, you wouldn't expect stuff like that.

It's understandable that no site can ever be 100% safe, but you would expect that something would be done on Habbo to try and tackle this, that at least it is being monitored and controlled more, but it isn't and so far everything they have done is completely useless.

[Ribbonaire]

Honestly the sentence is good

I'm not saying what he did was right, but first off - Habbo is for 13+, so 10 year old children should not be on it. Second, their parents were asleep so I don't know why 10 year olds bedtimes are after their parents, or if they sneak on or something? That should be dealt with.

Yes, it's partially Habbo's fault, YES, that man is at fault and deserves jailing but bad parenting is also a hand in this.

[Lewis]

Honestly the sentence is good

I'm not saying what he did was right, but first off - Habbo is for 13+, so 10 year old children should not be on it. Second, their parents were asleep so I don't know why 10 year olds bedtimes are after their parents, or if they sneak on or something? That should be dealt with.

Yes, it's partially Habbo's fault, YES, that man is at fault and deserves jailing but bad parenting is also a hand in this.

Sure, habbo need to get better safety, parents need to look after their children but no one forced a disgusting man to do this.

He deserves 50 years in prison, anyone who thinks I'm being too horrible... just take a think for a while what type of man this is, and especially since he's meant to be keeping us safe by being with the police. In three years time, there is no guarantee at all that he has changed his ways. Even if its only 15 years in jail, that would be more suitable. My opinion -- everyone has their right for their opinion.