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Published on: 20/07/2018 12:29 PMReported by: roving-eye
A pensioner from Burscough has been jailed after a trial at Preston Crown Court. The 75-year-old was found guilty of a string of sexual assaults against children dating back more than 30 years. George Gutcher, of Manor Avenue, Burscough, was convicted of 17 charges of indecent assault .
The charges relate to three female victims and happened between 1980s and 1990s. Five offences relate to the first female victim, who was aged seven or eight when the crimes began and the court heard she was assaulted in a swimming baths. A further eleven offences related to a second victim who was as young as eight. The third girl was the youngest at between four and six years of age.
Judge Beverley Lunt imposed a seven year jail term, of which he is likely to serve half, and ordered Gutcher to sign the sex offender’s register for life.
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..............and Barton gets 21 years for financial offences - good to see society has it's priorities
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How is it that so many of these crimes are only just surfacing? A period of more than forty years in some cases. Have the victims only just complained recently? Did they not complain at the time? Can human memory be accurate after such a lengthy period? A seventy year old can hardly be expected to give a clear statement after such a lengthy period? Surely it is just one person's word against another's? In which case one person's acceptance of wrongdoing may be totally different to another's? Is there a witch hunt in progress for these crimes?
I am not seeking to make excuses for anyone - but is the justice system totally fair in these cases? Or are such cases a fashion of these times?
How is it that these ancient cases receive greater attention than the modern gang rapes that are occurring all over the UK, affecting so many hundreds of young girls to a much more serious degree?
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How is it that so many of these crimes are only just surfacing? A period of more than forty years in some cases. Have the victims only just complained recently? Did they not complain at the time? Can human memory be accurate after such a lengthy period? A seventy year old can hardly be expected to give a clear statement after such a lengthy period? Surely it is just one person's word against another's? In which case one person's acceptance of wrongdoing may be totally different to another's? Is there a witch hunt in progress for these crimes?
I am not seeking to make excuses for anyone - but is the justice system totally fair in these cases? Or are such cases a fashion of these times?
How is it that these ancient cases receive greater attention than the modern gang rapes that are occurring all over the UK, affecting so many hundreds of young girls to a much more serious degree?
Children is your clue there. Not child. So more than one. So not the word of ONE person against ONE other. But many consistent claims against an individual.
With out knowing the situation I guess it's hard to say why they didn't come forward, Maybe family members, or in a care home where they wouldn't be believed.
But I'm assuming the jury had all the evidence they needed. Or are you saying the dirty ******* who would have been in his 40's at the time should get away with abusing children aged between 4 and 8 because it was ages ago.
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Please do not comment on something you do not know anything about. If you must know, the victims in this case were not all related therefore did not know anything about each other, however their version of events were identical. Reporting abuse in the 80's was a laughable affair which was not taken seriously. Thankfully the police in this case in the present day made up for that by doing a fantastic job.
It took 2 years for all evidence to be collated & presented to the crime prosecution service & a court case which lasted nearly 2 weeks. Justice was served & unhelpful, ill-informed comments like this only encourage victims to remain silent.
How is it that so many of these crimes are only just surfacing? A period of more than forty years in some cases. Have the victims only just complained recently? Did they not complain at the time? Can human memory be accurate after such a lengthy period? A seventy year old can hardly be expected to give a clear statement after such a lengthy period? Surely it is just one person's word against another's? In which case one person's acceptance of wrongdoing may be totally different to another's? Is there a witch hunt in progress for these crimes?
I am not seeking to make excuses for anyone - but is the justice system totally fair in these cases? Or are such cases a fashion of these times?
How is it that these ancient cases receive greater attention than the modern gang rapes that are occurring all over the UK, affecting so many hundreds of young girls to a much more serious degree?
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