A paedophile who admitted encouraging young boys to strip naked and perform bizarre forfeits on camping trips has been allowed to go on holiday to Center Parcs while on bail.
Ex-Scoutmaster Stephen Daniell, 48, was granted permission by a judge at Maidstone Crown Court to visit the child-friendly holiday resort as long as he didn’t 'misbehave'.
The controversial decision was made by Judge Charles Byers after Daniell, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, pleaded guilty today to six offences of indecency with a child.
Horrified bosses at the Elveden Forest resort in Suffolk responded tonight by cancelling the booking, insisting the welfare and safety of guests, particularly children, was 'paramount'.
Daniell had asked the judge whether his bail condition of residence could be relaxed to enable him to go on a pre-booked trip from September 3 to 7.
Remarking that Daniell had been 'presumptuous' in booking a holiday when he was facing a possible trial, Judge Byers added that he was “not very happy” and asked defence counsel Alan Walmsley: 'What’s he doing at Center Parcs and who is he going with?'
After conferring with Daniell at the back of the court, Mr Walmsley said he was going with his wife and that the holiday dates 'were out of the school holidays'.
Judge Byers, who commented that he had not himself been to Center Parcs, then granted Daniell permission.
Imposing an extra bail condition that he does not have direct or indirect contact with a child under 16, Judge Byers said: 'There will be no walking up to anybody and suggesting a little chat.'
He also questioned whether Daniell’s wife was aware of the court proceedings. It was confirmed that she was.
Daniell, who works as a window cleaner, had been due to go on trial today for eight offences of indecency with a child but pleaded guilty before it started to six of the charges.
Judges, are there any sane ones?
Judges, are there any sane ones?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Judges, are there any sane ones?
Just out of curiosity, why is a guy who just pleaded guilty to six counts of indecency with a child doing out on bail anyway? Why wasn't he immediately ordered remanded to custody to start serving his sentence?
Re: Judges, are there any sane ones?
This. Is. The. Uk. Jim. Note. Thread. Title.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Judges, are there any sane ones?
A teenage burglar who battered a 78-year-old man with a five-foot fence post was spared jail because his lawyer claimed he was terrified of prison - and then bragged about his sentence on Facebook only hours later.
Luke Mansell, 18, of Telford, Shropshire, boasted about being able to remove his tag and take illegal drugs after he was given only a suspended sentence by magistrates.
He walked free after claiming he had been acting in self-defence when he beat pensioner Arthur Ball, who had tried to stop him burgling a neighbour's home.
During the sentencing hearing at Telford Magistrates' Court, Mansell's solicitor, Steven Meredith, said: 'For seven months he has been scared to his wits end about what is going to happen in this case.
'He is screaming out for rehabilitation, the youth offending service assert he has the ability to change, and I am certain you will not see him before these courts again.'
But Mansell hid his fears in a Facebook message he posted shortly before the hearing, which read: 'Big fat joint before court judge best give me an orderr not a few months inside.'
And only hours after his sentence was handed down, Mansell went on Facebook again to post: 'Im off tag woooo hip hip array and 12 month suspended sentence and supervision order 12 months.'
He also bragged of buying drugs paraphernalia online - and posted a picture of a bong, a device used for smoking cannabis, which he had ordered off the internet.
Other messages posted by Mansell in the last seven months appeared to make light of his situation.
Before previous court appearances, he made comments including 'court tomorra ooooooooo nooooooooooooo lol' and 'mr judge needs to be nice today lol'.
After a court appearance in July, he even played a joke on his friends, pretending he had been sent to prison.
He wrote: 'see you lot in 2 years lol'.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z24KcIaUv5
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Judges, are there any sane ones?
Judges, are there any sane ones?
no
no
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Judges, are there any sane ones?
It looks like the young man isn't exactly loving the attention...
Such a heartfelt piece...Never felt so bad in my life and disscriminated them papers av really got to me propper people especially when i didnt even do it grrrrrr horrible fukin horrible filthy bastards i wish i got sentenced than rather to see that shit its up to u people if u believe me or not its up to u but i no what really happened so gonna try keep the chin up and just get on with my life
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
Re: Judges, are there any sane ones?
Sheer poetry...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Judges, are there any sane ones?
Of course there are sane judges, just perhaps not in the crazy UK legal system 
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
Re: Judges, are there any sane ones?
"...strip naked and perform bizarre forfeits..."
Please explain. I cannot find a definition anywhere that makes sense of this.
Please explain. I cannot find a definition anywhere that makes sense of this.
Re: Judges, are there any sane ones?
"O Lucky Man"
a film by the late Lindsay Anderson
"If...." I had some cash I'd buy that one, as well.
a film by the late Lindsay Anderson
"If...." I had some cash I'd buy that one, as well.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato