Sunday, November 05, 2006

Judge bans paedophile from using Internet and mobile phones

Judge bans paedophile from using Internet and mobile phones

A British judge on 15 January 2004 made a ground-breaking ruling by banning a paedophile from using the Internet or mobile telephones after he was found to have had sex with a 14-year-old girl who he lured through an on-line chatroom. Judge Huw Daniel at a court in central Wales ruled that Gary Thomas, 37, should be jailed for 18 months and restrained from using the Internet or mobile telephones for the next five years. Daniel said the British law must be changed to allow the judiciary to give tougher sentences to paedophiles who target girls of 14 and over. Currently Britain's maximum sentence for such offenders is two years. The ban is believed to be the first of its kind in Britain. Reported by Chinaview

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