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UK: Lawyer argues woman should not be sent to jail for molesting child as 'shame' of being paedophile enough
Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2016-08-03 20:17
Story here. Excerpt:
'A judge has rejected the claim of a lawyer defending a woman who was convicted of a string of sexual offences against a nine-year-old girl that she should not face jail time because the “shame” brought on herself and her family is punishment enough.
Raheelah Dar, 43, from Middlesborough, was convicted of three counts of indecent assault and two of indecency with a child, which she denied. She was jailed for seven years at a sentencing hearing on Tuesday.
She was accused of isolating, manipulating and molesting the girl, who is now an adult and cannot be named for legal reasons, in a case of abuse that spanned four years, Gazette Live reported.'
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In this case...
... the judge did the right thing. But on any given day, it could have easily gone the other way. I can't imagine a lawyer even trying this kind of argument for a male defendant, can you?