'A 13-year-old schoolboy who was accused of sexual assault for touching two fellow pupils, has had the charges against him dropped.
The youngster is alleged to have to have squeezed the breasts and bottoms of two 12-year-old girls during a break.
Yesterday the six sex charges against the boy, from Honiton, Devon, were dismissed by a district judge - and the teenager admitted two new charges of harassment.'
Now in my day, this would have been dealt with 'in house'. A visit to the head teacher would have seen the perpetrators of such heinous behaviour receive 'six of the best'. Consider the advantages compared to the lengthy, tedious failing processes now in play:1) There is a connection between the act and the punishment which inevitably drains away as such cases spend months going through assessments, psychologists, pre-court panels, lawyers - and occasionally to court where 'the punishment will be utterly inappropriate to the crime.'
2) There is a deterrent effect to all other pupils in the school and a level of fear instilled.
3) The 'wrongness' of the act is underscored - and a sense of justice prevails.
4) When the caned individual comes out and boasts to friends about 'how well they took it' - those friends in their hearts do not truly believe them.
5) In cases such as these, senior school staff simply leak information to pupils about the tears shed.
6) Now let us turn to the person punished. They too should feel that this is a better outcome. It is all finished with: done and dusted on the same day and a line can then be drawn under it.
7) The angry parents of the victims will generally feel that there has been an element of justice. They too can close the matter.
The 'good old days'? - Maybe. Certainly, the 'better old days'!
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