Huw Edwards #16

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You can rehabilitate someone that had a handful of pics of a 7 year old. Especially as they claim to have not seen them but carried on chatting with the person that sent them.
 
The Defence claims will always try to show their client in the best light, that's literally their job. As I say, whether or not mental health should be much of a mitigation in cases like this is a different issue, and it's up to the court in the end whether they accept what the defence are saying. I don't think they or anyone else expect the public at large to accept it though.
 
His mental health was only bad when he got caught, the world found out what scum he was and he lost his privileged life. Make no mistake, he would have spent the rest of his days doing this with no concerns for his 'mental health' otherwise. He's most likely been at this his whole adult life and of course there will be much more and much worse the police will never know about. People don't become like this randomly one day in their 60s. He's a clever man who knew how to cover his tracks, although obviously not clever enough to think about the fact the scum he was in contact with could be caught.
 
I know at the start some people on these threads were giving him the benefit of the doubt, as there was no evidence - ok fair enough.

However some people were insistent even after being charged “he didn’t ask to be sent them” “he may have deleted immediately” and now we see he very much asked for them, paid for them and relished them.

Absolutely disgusting human and his apologists should be ashamed of themselves.
 
L3moning said:
Like it or not someone's mental state does make a difference. You can think it's all a lie if you like, and of course defence lawyers will put a spin on it that suits their client, but the court will have a report compiled by doctors who will have more idea than me or you about his mental state.
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I don't think his mental state really matters, if he really felt the only way was to pursue these horrid tendencies then is he really fit to walk this planet? There is no excuse great enough.
 
L3moning said:
The Defence claims will always try to show their client in the best light, that's literally their job. As I say, whether or not mental health should be much of a mitigation in cases like this is a different issue, and it's up to the court in the end whether they accept what the defence are saying. I don't think they or anyone else expect the public at large to accept it though.
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Quite ... It's like people think the defence lawyers believe what they're saying about their clients! If they don't do the best possible job in defending them, then that individual could walk free thanks to a mistrial. It's so, so important to put up the best defence possible to avoid that happening.
 
AlexTwist said:
It has been well documented that HE has had mental health issues for many years though.
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So do essentially 90% of people you come across. Difference is, even without a privileged lifestyle they don't end up doing what he did. His mental health should mean absolutely duck all. This isn't a state of psychosis leading him to act completely out of character, so anything else should mean jack tit. He knew what he was doing, he had all his faculties about him. He's a filthy n. Mental health should never, ever be used as a mitigating factor in child sexual abuse cases. It's literally how he's wired, not a transient state.
 
Sour Pickle said:
I know at the start some people on these threads were giving him the benefit of the doubt, as there was no evidence - ok fair enough.

However some people were insistent even after being charged “he didn’t ask to be sent them” “he may have deleted immediately” and now we see he very much asked for them, paid for them and relished them.
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Exactly and some of his biggest supporters don't post on this thread since he was charged. Some people were adamant about saying he must be innocent even as more stuff came out. Then called me vile for saying there I thought there was more to the whole story and doubt his mental health excuse.

It's shuddering reading the old threads
 
L3moning said:
I doubt that "90% of people you come across" have severe enough mental health problems to warrant hospitalisation.
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He was hospitalised because the world found out he was a bleeping pedalo and his life was ruined overnight. I'm sure 100% of people would end up sectioned after the breakdown that follows that.

Are you saying he should be given leniency because of a history of depression? Otherwise I don't know why you are defending him on this.
 
Sour Pickle said:
I know at the start some people on these threads were giving him the benefit of the doubt, as there was no evidence - ok fair enough.

However some people were insistent even after being charged “he didn’t ask to be sent them” “he may have deleted immediately” and now we see he very much asked for them, paid for them and relished them.

Absolutely disgusting human and his apologists should be ashamed of themselves.
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I said that, I'm not an apologist, I keep trying to point out that none of that "matters" (clearly it does) because getting images of CSA and not reporting them is a heinous crime in itself. It's bad enough in itself. Which is why I hope more men realise that now. Think I posted on here I was sent a link to CSA at work! If I had received an image and not reported it I would have been guilty of a crime and rightly so.
 
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