Post by AnimalAvenger on Jun 9, 2009 2:24:39 GMT -5
In 2007, in Haringey, North London, a little baby boy, who Britain would come to know as Baby P, was found dead in his blood-splattered cot. His little body was so battered and bruised that he looked like he’d been in a horrific car accident. He hadn’t.
He had suffered 50 injuries, including eight broken ribs and a broken back, and he’d also been punched so hard in the face one of his teeth had been rammed down his throat.
His stepfather had done this to him, while his biological mother and paedophile lodger watched.
Baby P was only 17 months when he died, in what must have been unimaginable agony, but this had been his life since almost the moment he was born.
Regularly beaten and no doubt constantly scared, that was his short life. His mother, who was both well aware of the abuse her son suffered and had the power to stop it, was sentenced to five years in prison, and can apply for parole in just three.
His stepfather, who is believed to have beaten the boy to death, and whom it was also revealed had previously raped a two-year-old girl, must serve a minimum of ten years, but could be out in eight. The paedophile lodger, who ignored the abuse, was jailed for a minimum of three years but could be out in two.
These sentences are pitiful, at best, and do in no way reflect the significance of what these people have done. In just three years, his mother could be free, free to live a life that she denied her son, even to bring more children into the world that she won’t love or protect.
And in as little as eight years, his monstrous stepfather could be back on the streets, having been given a new name for his own protection, and free to hurt another defenceless child.
The public has shown that they find this thought terrifying and disturbing thought. They have no right to be able to leave prison and to lead a normal life, when each one of them is responsible for a life taken away.
Baby P was let down by social services who despite seeing the danger he was in didn’t take him somewhere safe and a mother who failed to protect him in life, and now he’s been let down in death by these laughable sentences.
The only comfort is that no one can hurt him anymore.
He had suffered 50 injuries, including eight broken ribs and a broken back, and he’d also been punched so hard in the face one of his teeth had been rammed down his throat.
His stepfather had done this to him, while his biological mother and paedophile lodger watched.
Baby P was only 17 months when he died, in what must have been unimaginable agony, but this had been his life since almost the moment he was born.
Regularly beaten and no doubt constantly scared, that was his short life. His mother, who was both well aware of the abuse her son suffered and had the power to stop it, was sentenced to five years in prison, and can apply for parole in just three.
His stepfather, who is believed to have beaten the boy to death, and whom it was also revealed had previously raped a two-year-old girl, must serve a minimum of ten years, but could be out in eight. The paedophile lodger, who ignored the abuse, was jailed for a minimum of three years but could be out in two.
These sentences are pitiful, at best, and do in no way reflect the significance of what these people have done. In just three years, his mother could be free, free to live a life that she denied her son, even to bring more children into the world that she won’t love or protect.
And in as little as eight years, his monstrous stepfather could be back on the streets, having been given a new name for his own protection, and free to hurt another defenceless child.
The public has shown that they find this thought terrifying and disturbing thought. They have no right to be able to leave prison and to lead a normal life, when each one of them is responsible for a life taken away.
Baby P was let down by social services who despite seeing the danger he was in didn’t take him somewhere safe and a mother who failed to protect him in life, and now he’s been let down in death by these laughable sentences.
The only comfort is that no one can hurt him anymore.
articles.mibba.com/World/2579/Baby-Murderer-Could-Be-Free-In-Three-Years
