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It was in the West County, vomited up his pastie

That joke made me proud to be British.

"The fox has his den. The bee has his hive. The stoat, has, uh... his stoat-hole... but only man chooses to make his nest in an investment opportunity.” Stewart Lee

Ron Richards (a tory MP now UK) also alleged him and several other senior or ranking politicals were involved in the North Wales child sex offences scandal, before politics Richards was also SIS desk officer (and had former special forces experience).

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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With due respect Moose.
I don't understand this desire to double the cost to the taxpayer. As I alluded to before official cost for keeping a prisoner in a low security jail is estimated at 20,000 to 25,000 pounds. So 11 years would be hitting a quarter of a million. I can think of more worthy ways in society to spend tax money. He's going to jail for probably 3 years -- he is a social and professional pariah and he most probably will get hit with a class action for damages. How vindictive does a society need to be to extract what appears from some comments to be an odd reflected revenge on behalf of the victims.

i come at this from the point of view of someone who was sexually assaulted a couple of times when I was 10 years old. (52 years ago) I didn't want revenge. In the end I wanted the guy to get help and I warned friends not to end up alone with him. I also spoke to a policeman about him. In those days seemed the right way to do it. The police in my town were still the friendly cop on the beat. I am confidant the police kept a watchful eye on him. He never came near me again. He died early in life I was told.

Even now, if he were alive, I wouldn't want him locked away forever, or to die in jail as some have been suggesting about Harris on the twitter sphere. And unlike Rolf Harris my molester had not contributed positively in other ways to society. He was just a sad troubled human being.

I have difficulty relating to the victims who say their life was ruined by such an encounter. I think it is more about the victim's character -- whether they can cope with it. That is not to point blame at these particular victims. I don't know them. I am talking in general.

What happened to me was worse than a few of the counts described in the Harris case but I went on to be a successful person in my life with two great kids and in fact I have often been the person others confide in and seek advice from with their life troubles. So it doesn't necessarily destroy your life.

I don't know if Harris is guilty or not. The events are so long ago -- so it is very much a he said, she said. The jury believed the "She saids". So that is the verdict. If something good is to come out of this then it should be learning positive lessons for the future.

I think victims should go to the police immediately. (Just my opinion) Not decades later.
I'm sure my molester's activity was curtailed after I spoke to the police because I'm absolutely sure they had a word in his shell like.

If Harris's activities with minors are to be believed then could some of the parents have acted quicker. It took 15 years for the parent who received the letter to give it to the police.

We now have a stack of women putting their hand up to say he touched them as adults and there is talk of class action suits to get money from his estate. The report is that he was known in the entertainment industry as a groper of attractive women. But it seems all people did was avoid him or just describe him to their colleagues as an octopus.

I know it might have been difficult in those days to get the powers that be to do something as a blind eye was often turned to what has been described as "flirtatious, touchy feely behaviour." But somebody could have tried.

Any way just some thoughts to consider.

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