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firearms ban after prison
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ImTriggerHappy
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Then they would of used all the evidence of their conversations and probably other digital footprints to prove what was going on. If the girl had messaged him saying she was older then that would of vindicated him. There will be a trail of evidence to prove that your so called friend was grooming a minor with intent.
Think you are being a bit naive in swallowing your mates story. Paedos and other sick bastards have a habit of convincing people they are really nice innocent people.
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E21A
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As far as I’m aware, sites don’t do background checks. He could go and just rent
As said, if he spoke to her online then there would be a digital record of it which the police can obtain.
Rogerborg
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The lifetime prohibition on possession[*]in Firearms Act S21 applies only to firearms and ammunition.
His licence terms are his licence terms. If they don't refer to imitation firearms, then he's fine.
His licence terms may restrict participating in activities where children are present, but he'll be best placed to know that.
[*]For those lynching along at home, a lifetime ban is trigged by 3 years custody. It is entirely possible to be convicted for receiving, soliciting or sending sexual images to a child, but all child sex offences in Sexual Offences Act 2003 require the prosecution to show that the offender did not reasonably believe that the victim was 16 or over. With a maximum sentence of 10 years, a 3 year term for a first offence suggests there may have been aggravating factors.
His licence terms are his licence terms. If they don't refer to imitation firearms, then he's fine.
His licence terms may restrict participating in activities where children are present, but he'll be best placed to know that.
[*]For those lynching along at home, a lifetime ban is trigged by 3 years custody. It is entirely possible to be convicted for receiving, soliciting or sending sexual images to a child, but all child sex offences in Sexual Offences Act 2003 require the prosecution to show that the offender did not reasonably believe that the victim was 16 or over. With a maximum sentence of 10 years, a 3 year term for a first offence suggests there may have been aggravating factors.
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ImTriggerHappy
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Saw a Louis Theroux documentary recently on sex offenders in the US. One poor bloke had a piss in an alley after a night out on the lash, got picked up for exposing himself in public and is now confined to live in supervised accommodation and he’s not allowed any contact with his kids.
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Let's not start with the US Justice system, that's a whole other thing.. As you say, pissing beside a playground in the middle of the night puts you on a sex offenders register?
I can't help but laugh and pity our friends across the pond.
Actually I think it wasn’t even a playground. Just some random dark alley in the wrong place at the wrong time, now he’s a registered sex offender and he had to literally go knocking door to door announcing the fact to everyone in the neighbourhood.
I bet if he was white the judge would have given him a $50 fine and a slap on the wrist.
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Seany.exe
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Lol, the mob mentality here is fucking retarded. You don't know the details of the case, answer the question and jog on because it doesn't concern you.
Sex offender could mean anything from child molester to forgetting your zip is open and hanging free in front of the wrong people. This is an airsoft forum, i've never once seen airsofters acting like such wankers when i'm out playing. So without knowing specifics, keep it zipped.
You spread hate you only create hate
This happens over here too, literally seen it happen lol. though he got let off for some reason, he was close to being on the register for a minimum of a year because of a drunken need to pee
Sex offender could mean anything from child molester to forgetting your zip is open and hanging free in front of the wrong people. This is an airsoft forum, i've never once seen airsofters acting like such wankers when i'm out playing. So without knowing specifics, keep it zipped.
You spread hate you only create hate
This happens over here too, literally seen it happen lol. though he got let off for some reason, he was close to being on the register for a minimum of a year because of a drunken need to pee
ImTriggerHappy
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Read the thread guy was in prison for grooming an under age girl. He is a convicted paedophile so no I won't jog on and I wouldn't in person either. People like that should never be back in society and certainly not playing airsoft with kids around.
Paedophiles concern everybody and are the main reason the death penalty should be bought back.
Seriously doubt you have ever been out playing with a known paedo in your midst so to say you have never seen airsofters acting like this is irrelevant to this situation.
Anyone who tries to stick up for a paedo really needs to look at themselves as somethings have no defence.
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If he is a convicted sex offender, is he allowed to be at places where children might be
like an airsoft site?
like an airsoft site?
A good point well made!
You might want to mention to your 'policeman friend' that Realistic Imitation Firearms aren't classed as toys...
clumpyedge
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On this I wonder how many airsoft site staff are CRB checked or whatever the acronym is now.... I was on the understanding anyone working with children (not sure on age range that is defined by that) has to have a CRB check.
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Rogerborg
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DBS check. I don't believe so. Running or marshalling a site where children are present only incidentally doesn't fall under Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups 2006 or Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2013.
That said, I don't want OP's friend near my kids.
That said, I can attest from personal knowledge that there are precocious, predatory teens who set out to actively entrap naive, horny boys and men for their own agendas. But the back-story behind my own brush with that turned out to be a Shakespearean tragedy of abuse, loss, suffering and desperation where the villains were also victims.
It's a messed up world with a lot of unhappy stories in it, and the CPS is interested in telling at most half of them in order to hit their conviction targets. I wouldn't be too quick to judge even those who have been judged.
But... not near my kids.
clumpyedge
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Interesting, coincidentally I'm check due to the nature of my work so are my bosses. obviously a check only shows if you have been arrested/convicted? of something so that's only shown if you've been caught so you could still be a wrong'un and it not show on a check.
Does make you wonder how many people in our community have similar offences and still play skirting any restrictions that may have?
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i remember the one that had all the evidence thrown at him online, messages shown of grooming and even a penis pic
not that long ago either, and he was defended and it died off
not that long ago either, and he was defended and it died off
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