A Northerner who loves law (@NorthernLassLaw) profile picture
Leeds, England
Joined November 2023
Please, people, stop reacting to #headlines and dig a little deeper first. The headline is designed to cause you emotion so you read on/click, it does not always provide accurate representation of the facts.
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A Northerner who loves law retweeted
Dear right wing rape apologists. Only 3% of rape allegations ever get to court. So if you want to bang someone up because of their political beliefs probably not the offence you’d try and pin on someone.
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A Northerner who loves law retweeted
This graphic is going around but it is intentionally leaving out key information. Let’s just actually talk about the facts because this is not factual. Salihi was convicted of non-penetrative sexual assault and criminal damage. He groped a 14-year-old girl's bottom over her clothes during a sightseeing tour and slapped a 42-year-old woman's bottom on the street. He did not rape them. Non-penetrative groping or slapping (categorized as sexual touching) sits at the lower end of the sentencing scale compared to rape. Because it was an isolated incident of groping over clothing and he pleaded guilty, the court applied standard lower-tier guidelines, resulting in a fine alongside mandatory placement on the Sex Offenders Register for 5 years. Kebatu was convicted of five charges, including attempted sexual assault and harassment against a 14-year-old girl and an adult woman. In the incident involving the teenager, he tried to kiss her and placed his hand on her leg after she offered him food. Under UK law, an attempted sexual assault or non-penetrative assault on a child carries a lower sentencing bracket than a completed penetrative rape. The judge handed down a 12-month immediate custodial sentence due to the risk of reoffending and a 10-year placement on the Sex Offenders Register, with the expectation of immediate deportation following the completion of his prison time. Brand Count A (London Bar, 2004): Brand grabbed a woman's breasts at a party. For this isolated act of groping, the judge sentenced him to 9 months in prison. Count B (Studio, 2004/2005): Brand grabbed a woman's face, kissed her, and touched her breasts and bottom in front of others. Because this was a more sustained assault with public humiliation, he received a higher sentence of 18 months in prison. Count C (TV Studio, 2009): Brand pressed his face into a co-worker's groin area without her consent. He received 8 months in prison for this count. All of these are running at the same time. His Rape conviction was 9 years. That runs consecutively. A big difference here is that the other two men plead guilty. Russell Brand attacked his victims publicly for years and plead not guilty. He was also more forceful. So you can make whatever graphic you want but if you can’t be factual or do your research all you are doing is spreading BS to feel better about yourself.
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You want to know why and how he got 10.5 years? Read this: judiciary.uk/wp-content/uplo…
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A Northerner who loves law retweeted
"Whatever women wear. Where ever they go. Indeed, whatever they drink. They retain the right to say no." - Sir Joel Nathan Bennathan 👏
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Another Brand defender blocked me, I shall cry into my pillow tonight 😭
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A Northerner who loves law retweeted
Russell Brand wont see your posts that are defending or deflecting away from him but victims of rape and sexual assault will be a better human
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A Northerner who loves law retweeted
Replying to @London_W4
Russell Brand has been convicted of rape and sexual assault. He will serve less than seven years in prison. Here are some other rapists, including members of Muslim grooming gangs, who are currently in prison serving lengthy sentences: Mohammed Zahid - 35 years bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36k… Mustafa Iqbal - 35 years bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvrl… Mohammed Din - 14 years bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2k… Shabir Ahmed - 22 years bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gy… Assad Hussain - Life sentence bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ox… Omar Badreddin - 18 years bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ty… Raja Zulqurnean - 23 years bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89e… Bogdan Gugiuman - 14 years bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62n… Shawaz Ditta - 9 years bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckzd… Neil Smith - 11 years bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmew… Paul Black - 15 years bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq4g… Arjan Purewal - 8.5 years bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckq6… Joseph McCann - life sentence bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50… Almost one fifth of the UK prison population are currently serving a sentence for sexual offences. Rape is a despicable crime and all perpetrators should live in constant fear that their victims will get justice and they will serve a lengthy prison sentence.
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grooming gang victims to get their justice, often many years after the fact? Think about what you’re asking and the implications.
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Absolutely horrific. We need them to get justice, although I doubt it’ll ever be enough.
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A lot of people are comparing Brand’s tried to grooming gangs. Do you realise that in order to get those victims justice the CJS will have to use victim’s testimony as the sole evidence? So, by trying to deny these women justice you could inadvertently remove the ability of 1/2
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10 years and 6 months. I hope that gives the victims of @rustyrockets some time to recover ✌🏻
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Today is #RemembranceDay and I will think of all those brave people who faced war in order to protect our country, but in particular my two late Grandfathers, a desert rat and a Navy chef. Thank you for your service, and to all those currently serving, my utmost respect 🫡
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This is the tragedy of extremism. I don’t honestly care if he was “far” anything. What’s happened in Poland is a tragedy, stop trying to justify or deny facts because it doesn’t suit political agendas. Keep your focus on the victims and their families, they are who matter.
Aus polnischen Medien: Der Täter von Krakau ist wohl der 25-Jährige Michał Okniński. Er liegt aktuell im Koma, die Wahrscheinlichkeit ist hoch, dass er nicht durchkommt. Der Polizist, der ihn stoppte, erlitt selbst eine Schussverletzung. Nachdem er den Täter neutralisierte, versuchte er sich Tourniquet anzulegen und brach zusammen. Sein Zustand sieht gut aus. Sein Kollege hingegen ist aktuell im kritischen Zustand, er hat drei Schussverletzungen erlitten. Beten wir, dass diese Helden überleben. Sie haben weitere Todesopfer verhindert. Täter trug Verbandsabzeichen der 1. Podlachischen Territorialverteidigungsbrigade am Helm, ist aber kein Angehöriger der Streitkräfte. Das hat der Verteidigungsminister dementiert. Sein Vater besitzt elf Waffen legal, darunter die Tatwaffe. Täter könnte ein T-Shirt mit dem Falanga-Symbol drauf. Das ist das Symbol des "Nationalradikalen Lager" getragen haben. Dies war eine polnische rechtsextreme, antikommunistische und nationalistische Partei während der Zweiten Republik. Unfassbar alles.
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A Northerner who loves law retweeted
Our report on evidence in sexual offences prosecutions, published last year, addresses the issues of juries and rape myths lawcom.gov.uk/project/eviden…
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A Northerner who loves law retweeted
If you have sexually assaulted a woman or a girl, don’t assume that the passing of years makes you any safer from accountability. You can be found guilty at any age. Time doesn’t erase a crime, diminish its seriousness or remove a victim’s right to justice. I was 12 when I was first propositioned by a grown man old enough to be my father. I was 14 the second time. At 17, a male friend, a couple of years older than me, walked me home. We’d actually previously worked together in the kitchen of our local pub and got along really well. I genuinely liked him and hoped we might become boyfriend and girlfriend. Once inside my home, he turned into a monster. He completely overpowered me and began grabbing and pulling at my clothes, trying to remove them. I have absolutely no doubt he would have raped me had my mother not arrived home at the exact moment he’d unzipped his pants and I could feel him against me. For the avoidance of doubt, I never stopped shouting NO and STOP, even between sobs of shock whilst trying to push him off me. I didn’t even budge him. I saw him frequently afterwards. We lived in the same small village and had mutual friends, but I never spoke to him again. I blamed myself for accepting his offer to walk me home. For years afterwards, I saw that seemingly innocent offer as a euphemism for a demand or expectation of sex. Every female friend in my life has been affected by a man, or men, who knew exactly what consent meant but believed it didn’t apply to them. Let Russell Brand’s conviction serve as a reminder - nobody is above the law. Not celebrity, not wealth, not status and certainly not the passage of time. Your victim doesn’t get to forget. Neither should you get to assume you’ve escaped accountability.
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For all those criticising. It is not like the CJS is out there prosecuting rapists left, right and centre without robust evidence and scrutiny.
This rape victim blaming is just despicable Reality: >1500 rapes a day in uk 80% by someone they know 200 of these rapes reported to police Only 6 of them prosecuted Look, if you want to avoid being convicted of rape in 1, 10 or 20 years, just don’t rape anyone #RussellBrand
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“It’s not all men” but judging by the justifications many are making for @rustyrockets, it’s a lot more than I thought 🥴
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To all the newly found proponents of @rustyrockets, can you explain why, when a woman previously came forward about his crimes, he got an injunction and paid her off? Seems weird for an innocent gentleman to respond like that to another false allegation 🤔
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A Northerner who loves law retweeted
Got a load of abuse for saying that this Gov leaflet should also be given to white males. Judging by the comments I’ve seen, showing a complete lack of understanding regarding consent. I was right.
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