The story below is one that makes me wonder what should be done in cases like this. It also makes me wonder if gender played a role in allowing this to occur:
A BABYSITTER who bashed and sexually abused toddlers - and then warned she would kill a baby - is free to live unsupervised in the community despite a judge's fears she will reoffend.
The Herald Sun yesterday went to court to reveal the name and picture of the woman to alert parents not to leave their children with her.
The woman, then 19, used a pillow to smother a two-year-old eight times until he turned blue while minding the toddler and his twin for a friend in 2002.
She inflicted sadistic sexual abuse on the boy, threw him out of his cot and punched his twin - because they were crying.
A psychologist has previously warned the woman is a danger to children and should not be allowed near them.
During treatment she said she would kill a baby and several experts rated her as at a high risk of reoffending.
But a County Court judge did not place her on an extended supervision order that would allow authorities to stop her contacting children.
Chief Judge Michael Rozenes said he was "reasonably satisfied" she would commit another crime and was a danger without supervision. - Read the entire article here
I would hope that if they believed she was a danger to other people that they would take some steps.
A psychologist's report from her sentencing in 2004 said the woman wanted to inflict pain on the children to punish their mother.
The woman confessed her crimes to a social worker and co-operated with police, but has not shown any remorse.
"(She) represents a danger to children and restrictions should be placed on her ability to be involved with them," the psychologist said. "There are no reliable predictors of when she may be of risk to children."
If she has not shown any remorse and the psychologist thinks she is a danger to children why would they not take steps? The article makes a comment that she had not shown any signs of wanting to commit sexual offences while she was in custody. That is in no way a reliable predictor. If she has still shown no remorse that would concern me more. Hopefully the court did the right thing.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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3 comments:
omg, this is a crime waiting to happen! Shame on the so-called 'justice system'!!!!
Of course she didn't show signs of wanting to commit an offense while in lock up-her chosen victims, small children, were not in lock up with her.
I hope that her name is allowed to be released to the public. I believe she will continue to harm children if given the opportunity.
I don't think has anything to do with it. It's pure 'mental problems' all the way!
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