Chesham man jailed for raping girl, 15 (From Bucks Free Press)
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Chesham man jailed for raping girl, 15
2:05pm Monday 6th September 2010 in
AN “utterly dangerous” rapist who “used” a vulnerable 15-year-old girl has been jailed for at least seven years.
Barrie Seymour called his victim “scum” in a police interview and considered himself her “social and intellectual superior”, an Aylesbury Crown Court judge said on Friday.
He shook his head as he was led away to the cells after Judge Christopher Tyrer told him he had “never shown any remorse for one moment”.
The 29-year-old, of The Chase, Chesham, was convicted by a jury of three charges of rape and five of sexual activity with a child.
Judge Tyrer said the offences against the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were “violent, repetitive, uncaring and disrespectful”.
As well as being jailed Seymour was given a restraining order against his victim, which will last indefinitely, and he will remain on the Sex Offenders' Register for life.
Passing sentence, the judge said: “You are now in complete denial, as you were during the course of your trial. You are wholly unrepentant. You have never shown any remorse for one moment. All you are claiming about is a miscarriage of justice.
“I regard you as devious, deviant and dangerous. You are an utterly dangerous man. Any woman entering a relationship with you will be in grave danger.”
Referring to Seymour's victim, Judge Tyrer said: “Sadly, she became infatuated with you. You regarded her as scum; that was how you described her to police in a rare moment of candour.
“You regarded her as beneath you on every basis.
“In short, you used her and her body for your own sexual gratification.”
Judge Tyrer said it could be “years” before the full effects of the attacks on the girl are known.
Sally Hobson, who prosecuted during the trial, told the court: “She doesn't believe the true impact has yet hit her.”
She added it will be some time before the girl “realises what an abusive situation she was in”.
Mrs Hobson said the restraining order would give the girl “additional piece of mind”.
Seymour was cleared of two further counts of rape by jurors.
He has no previous convictions but was cautioned for an incident “connected with his partner”, the court heard.
Stuart Jessop, defending, said although the incident that led to the caution involved violence, it was “not in the same class” as the offences Seymour was being sentenced for on Friday.
DS Nicola Corani of Chiltern CID said after sentencing: “This conviction for rape shows our determination to bring offenders to justice.
“The victim was a young and vulnerable girl and Seymour took advantage of this.
“The victim has been very brave from initially reporting this incident and throughout the court proceedings.”
Comments(15)
The Judge
says...
12:26pm Tue 7 Sep 10
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET REAL AND TREAT THESE SCUM-BAGS FOR WHAT THEY ARE ....... SCUM. IF THEY SEEM FIT TO TAKE AWAY SOMEONES HUMAN DIGNITY WHEN WE SHOULD TREAT THEM THE SAME. I WOULD NOT GIVE HIM A POT TO **** IN.
JUDGE
dtap
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1:15pm Tue 7 Sep 10
The Judge
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2:43pm Tue 7 Sep 10
dtap wrote:DTAP
It doesn`t work and has never worked, in the long term: if we do sanction the taking of all dignity from anyone - for whatever reason - then we too are complicit in the same crime. It`s the same for capital punishment: it makes murderers of us all. And if justice means nothing but revenge then we are all in deep trouble. Scum he may be, but I don`t want to join him, thanks.
YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE SPELL OF YOUR NAME....TO CLAPTRAP.
UTTER DROSS.
WE SHOULD SUBJECT THESE SCUM TO A FITTING PUNISHMENT. THE TROUBLE WITH ALL YOU SOFT BELLIED LIBERALS IS THAT BY BEING SOFT ON CRIME YOU ARE SENDING OUT THE WRONG MESSAGES. WHAT WE NEED IS A GOOD OLD FASHIONED WHIPPING POST OR THE BIRCH AND THEN PUT THESE SCUM-BAGS ON HEAVY DUTY S**T CLEANING HARD LABOUR.
STOP BEING SOFT ON THESE SCUM-BAGS
JUDGE
dtap
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4:17pm Tue 7 Sep 10
The Judge wrote:Bang on cue, Judge; I just knew the witless abuse and medieval-style gut-reaction hysteria would manifest pretty much immediately - and you certainly didn`t disappoint..... you do yourself no favours, you know; or is the script from which you read really serious? Interesting...
dtap wrote: It doesn`t work and has never worked, in the long term: if we do sanction the taking of all dignity from anyone - for whatever reason - then we too are complicit in the same crime. It`s the same for capital punishment: it makes murderers of us all. And if justice means nothing but revenge then we are all in deep trouble. Scum he may be, but I don`t want to join him, thanks.DTAP YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE SPELL OF YOUR NAME....TO CLAPTRAP. UTTER DROSS. WE SHOULD SUBJECT THESE SCUM TO A FITTING PUNISHMENT. THE TROUBLE WITH ALL YOU SOFT BELLIED LIBERALS IS THAT BY BEING SOFT ON CRIME YOU ARE SENDING OUT THE WRONG MESSAGES. WHAT WE NEED IS A GOOD OLD FASHIONED WHIPPING POST OR THE BIRCH AND THEN PUT THESE SCUM-BAGS ON HEAVY DUTY S**T CLEANING HARD LABOUR. STOP BEING SOFT ON THESE SCUM-BAGS JUDGE
beano_
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5:32pm Tue 7 Sep 10
dtap
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5:49pm Tue 7 Sep 10
beano_ wrote:Well, unlike my earlier detractor, I`m no "judge", and nor do I try to be; but I`m not convinced your two options are necessarily the only ones. I certainly don`t think such a man should should be cheerfully released after a short spell of doing crosswords; but nor do I feel that the knee-jerk "smash violence" mantra has any meaning beyond a poor joke. We have a justice system which needs a lot of adjustment...
Out of interest dtap, what sort of punishment would you suggest for him? Freedom after a few years in prison or a dose of his own medicine?
Melanie1
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7:23pm Tue 7 Sep 10
The Judge
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9:50pm Tue 7 Sep 10
Melanie1 wrote:LETS HOPE SO MELANIE, BUT DONT HOLD YOUR BREATH.
Having been found guilty of raping a 15 yo girl I should imagine that there will be quite a few fathers inside who also have teenage girls who may well mete out their own retribution. Perhaps this will dissuade him from reoffending in the future?
THE COUNTRY IS INFESTED WITH LIVER LIVERED DO-GOODERS LIKE CLAPTRAP WHO SEEM INTENT ON ALLOWING THESE SCUM-BAGS FREEDOM AFTER A SHORT SPELL OF "REHABILITATION".
HEY DONT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THE COUNTRY IS FULL OF CRIMINAL SCUM WHO ARE JUST RE-OFFENDING AT THEIR FIRST CHANCE.
I ADVOCATE A RE-EVALUATION OF "JUSTICE" AND BRING BACK HARD LABOUR COUPLED WITH RE-VAMPING OF PRISON LIFE TO INCLUDE HANGING FOR CHILD KILLERS AND ALSO PEDOS.
LETS MAKE THESE PEOPLE SQUIRM AND IF NO REMORSE SHOW LOCK THEM AWAY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
JUDGE
demoness
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7:41am Wed 8 Sep 10
dtap wrote:He didn't think of that girl's dignity - why on earth should anyone think of his? Sorry but I am not a bleeding heart. Maybe I do sound medieval but as far as I am concerned rapists should be medically castrated.
It doesn`t work and has never worked, in the long term: if we do sanction the taking of all dignity from anyone - for whatever reason - then we too are complicit in the same crime. It`s the same for capital punishment: it makes murderers of us all. And if justice means nothing but revenge then we are all in deep trouble. Scum he may be, but I don`t want to join him, thanks.
Then you can let him back out in the community and he can have as much dignity as he likes. :)))
dtap
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7:50am Wed 8 Sep 10
demoness
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8:42am Wed 8 Sep 10
dtap wrote:So what would you suggest is a fitting punishment?
Sorry, people; but however vile this man is, violence never cures violence (read your history) and never will.
dtap
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8:52am Wed 8 Sep 10
demoness wrote:He must be kept away from society, permanently if remorse/rehab aren`t clearly evident; but causing him personal violence just demeans us all, and makes us as bad as him.
dtap wrote: Sorry, people; but however vile this man is, violence never cures violence (read your history) and never will.So what would you suggest is a fitting punishment?
The Judge
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11:54am Wed 8 Sep 10
dtap wrote:YOU NEED TO WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE. THE ONLY THING THESE SCUM-BAGS TAKE NOTICE OF IS A LONG STICK. I SUGGEST YOU GET OUT OF YOUR CAVE AND GET IN THE REAL WORLD. THE WORLD IS NOT MADE OF CHEESE BUT HARD GRANITE, THE WICKED WITCH IS STILL ALIVE AND KICKING, BARBIE AND KEN ARE ALIVE AND LIVING IN SIN.
demoness wrote:He must be kept away from society, permanently if remorse/rehab aren`t clearly evident; but causing him personal violence just demeans us all, and makes us as bad as him.
dtap wrote: Sorry, people; but however vile this man is, violence never cures violence (read your history) and never will.So what would you suggest is a fitting punishment?
YOU NEED TO STOP READING THOSE LIBERAL RAGS AND GET REAL. I WONDER WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF THE VICTIM WAS YOUR DAUGHTER.....CHANGES MATTERS SOMEWHAT EH?
STILL WANT TO LOCK HIM UP WITH A CUP OF CHAR BEFORE BED-TIME?
JUDGE
dtap
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1:29pm Wed 8 Sep 10
The Judge wrote:Dear Judge; you know not of what or whom you speak: as I said, it`s justice we need, not cheap vengeance - if the poor girl were my daughter, the job of the police would then be to keep me away from this man. Why? because vengeance and justice are rarely commensurate..... I presume you countenance the cutting off of hands for thieves?
dtap wrote:YOU NEED TO WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE. THE ONLY THING THESE SCUM-BAGS TAKE NOTICE OF IS A LONG STICK. I SUGGEST YOU GET OUT OF YOUR CAVE AND GET IN THE REAL WORLD. THE WORLD IS NOT MADE OF CHEESE BUT HARD GRANITE, THE WICKED WITCH IS STILL ALIVE AND KICKING, BARBIE AND KEN ARE ALIVE AND LIVING IN SIN. YOU NEED TO STOP READING THOSE LIBERAL RAGS AND GET REAL. I WONDER WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF THE VICTIM WAS YOUR DAUGHTER.....CHANGES MATTERS SOMEWHAT EH? STILL WANT TO LOCK HIM UP WITH A CUP OF CHAR BEFORE BED-TIME? JUDGEdemoness wrote:He must be kept away from society, permanently if remorse/rehab aren`t clearly evident; but causing him personal violence just demeans us all, and makes us as bad as him.dtap wrote: Sorry, people; but however vile this man is, violence never cures violence (read your history) and never will.So what would you suggest is a fitting punishment?
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10:22pm Mon 6 Sep 10
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