Woman who stabbed a 77yo convicted paedophile to death has her jail sentence reduced to 3.5 years, just because she was a single mother. The attack was described as being "determined and sustained", but she was convicted for manslaughter instead of murder.

altruisticnarcissist · 2015-09-29T17:31:43+00:00

I know that neither of them are completely innocent, but the legal system exists for a reason, and he was awaiting trial at the time of his murder.

mwobuddy · 2015-09-29T21:21:21+00:00

Terrible.

First, he might not be a pedophile.

Second, he was murdered by a woman who is using it as an excuse to enact her sociopathic behavior.

Third, pedophiles don't necessarily touch children. Child molesters do.

xynomaster · 2015-09-29T17:39:33+00:00

Was her son one of the victims?

I've got to say I'm not feeling real sorry for this guy.

soulless_ging · 2015-09-29T19:55:31+00:00

The judge emphasised the case was "unique" as Sands had lost control rather than taken the law into her own hands and engaged in "vigilante conduct".

He said: "There must never be the slightest encouragement for mob rule." The judge added: "This was a case in which the defendant promptly gave herself up to the police in a highly stressed state, never disputed responsibility for the killing as a matter of fact, did not take the opportunity to get rid of evidence and demonstrated remorse."

During the trial, Sands told the court she had not intended to hurt Pleasted when she went to his flat with a knife, claiming instead she wanted him to admit to his crimes so his young accusers would not have to go to court.

Sands told the jury she was "frightened", adding: "It was not how it was meant to go. He was meant to listen to me". However she said Pleasted "smirked" when he answered the door and told her the boys were all liars who had ruined his life.

Maybe that's true, maybe it isn't, but either way I don't blame a judge for being lenient with a single parent who was enraged by a threat to her community and her child.

What's more, unless we have a similar case to compare it to where a male vigilante was given a harsher sentence, I don't see the Men's Right's issue.

I'm all for giving lighter sentences for understandable crimes, especially to single parents. This woman isn't a danger to the general public, and keeping her in jail for a longer period is also punishing her child.

192873982 · 2015-09-29T19:31:43+00:00

How come the English word manslaughter sounds much more serious than murder to me? I mean it contains slaugher.

MenandBoysareGood · 2015-09-29T23:19:32+00:00

She probably got a stern talking to from the judge.

ZimbaZumba · 2015-09-30T04:03:30+00:00

Where the hell is the Director of Public Prosecutions on this one. THis sentence should be appealed immediately, it sets a dangerous precedent.

Black_caped_man · 2015-09-30T10:21:40+00:00

Do you want an increase in vigilante justice? Because this is how you get an increase in vigilante justice.

Sovietrussia92 · 2015-09-29T19:26:17+00:00

[permanently deleted]

Comments