Parents angry as child rapist walks free. Judge blames pornography

The parents of a five-year-old girl who was raped by a teenage babysitter have attacked a judge who let the boy walk free after claiming online pornography and society was to blame. The 14 year-old, who was a family friend and neighbor, had been asked to look after the girl. He tied an apron round her face and performed a sex act on her. The girl later told her father that the teenager led her to believe he was going to feed her a chocolate.

            The victim's mother, who said her daughter knew what happened was something horrible, has criticized the judge for "making a cheap point about pornography" in sentencing. She believes the sentence "just isn't enough", adding it sent the "wrong message to people - that you can do something like that and get such a light punishment. The judge was more concerned with justifying the sentence by making a cheap point about pornography. It was really cheap to use that as an excuse for what the boy did," she said.

            “The sentence isn't enough. He should be punished. His family was told to expect a three-year custodial sentence so we were shocked when he didn't get one. "If the act is treated as rape, he should be punished for rape and it could stop victims coming forward. What's the point in going through all that? The girl's father said he had trusted the teenager to look after his daughter who was just four when it happened, while they went to watch her older sibling in at a school play. He said they were “feeling completely devastated" after the little girl told them what had happened at her bedtime.

            Her attacker, now 15, told police he "lost his mind" because his "hormones took over". He told officers he had regularly viewed "excessive" pornography on the internet via a laptop at home.

- THE NATION

MY VIEW:

-          Do we blame the “Wise Parents” who left their little girl in the hands of another little boy (14 year old caregiver)?

-          Do we blame the Parents of the 14 year old caregiver who allow him watch pornography?

-          Do we blame the Judge and say his judgment was wrong partial?

WHO DO WE BLAME?

Edna Wey