HongKongPhooey
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Strongly advise fellow sleuthers not to read the info released. I wish I could un-read it
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Me too. What has been seen cannot be unseen. Awful.Strongly advise fellow sleuthers not to read the info released. I wish I could un-read it
Alesha MacPhail killer has sentence cut[...]psychologist Dr Gary Macpherson concluded: ""I am of the view that the capacity for change may be limited due to the nature of Aaron Campbell's personality structure and his complex risk factors.
"I apologise to the court for appearing pessimistic however I am not confident that Aaron Campbell has the capacity or desire to change his behaviour in any meaningful way and as such the risks will remain for the foreseeable future."
I agree with you. This is an exercise in carrying out the guidelines. Who knows what's ahead for him however that's quite a detailed report ( in my legal uneducated opinion) and seems to take in what he may likely do re his case in years to come. Sadly, it also answers some questions that we've had about his personality traits.I'm sure I'll get shot down for this but it's really not a surprise his sentence was reduced and legally it was the correct decision. His original sentence was higher than other comparable cases. Sentencing has to be fair and across the board. Just because it was a particularly abhorrent crime doesn't mean the guidelines can be ignored.
It's the guidelines that are the issue here rather than the judges decision today.
I'm sure I'll get shot down for this but it's really not a surprise his sentence was reduced and legally it was the correct decision. His original sentence was higher than other comparable cases. Sentencing has to be fair and across the board. Just because it was a particularly abhorrent crime doesn't mean the guidelines can be ignored.
It's the guidelines that are the issue here rather than the judges decision today.
Or has there been signs? I haven't read the report in full but what does this mean?
"....prior adult sanctions for exhibiting sexually inappropriate behaviours..."
in Dr MacPherson's statement.
so did i!! i started to doubt the crowns version at one point. i think it was just too hard to acceptI wonder about that too. I can’t believe this boy went all through school and nobody picked up on personality disorder or behaviour or thinking that was unusual. My sibling has a personality disorder and all through school teachers would express concerns about their actions and motives long before being diagnosed and that was a long time ago. Teachers these days are more interactive with pupils and alert to potential problems. He must truly be a psychopath who we will never be able to trust. I can’t believe I actually thought he was innocent at the start of the trial.
I think there were a few folk who thought he may be innocent at the start of the trial. I did at the very beginning but purely on the belief that a child could not do something so awful. Then I thought not proven then concluded he was guilty, especially after he took the stand.I wonder about that too. I can’t believe this boy went all through school and nobody picked up on personality disorder or behaviour or thinking that was unusual. My sibling has a personality disorder and all through school teachers would express concerns about their actions and motives long before being diagnosed and that was a long time ago. Teachers these days are more interactive with pupils and alert to potential problems. He must truly be a psychopath who we will never be able to trust. I can’t believe I actually thought he was innocent at the start of the trial.
I’m totally uneducated in this but to me it says he has been able to make out his behaviour changed when in reality it hadn’t and this was clear when he had been on a programme for his behaviour. A case of saying and doing what they ask you to just to get through it. The fact he was setting fire to things at 14/15 is alarming in itself.or this...
" Dr Macpherson noted the appellant’s “capacity to mimic or articulate change when no such change has taken place”, vouched by an earlier incident of “treatment shamming” when the appellant had been on the Time to Grow programme in 2016/2017 following an incident of fire-raising. .....