How do you know he is a "known" pedophile?
The guy hasn't been tried yet.....oh sorry yes he has....by you!
Even if this guy has a previous conviction...do you actually know *factually* what for? And just because he's not been perfect in the past don't mean he's guilty now.
I've known guys to be put inside and on the SOR for being with his 15yrs old girlfriend who told him she was 18....not everyone is an evil kiddyfiddler just because the cops kicked his door down you know....or just because he talks gibberish sometimes....blimey, we all do that at times -- don't we, Ashbeloved???
I am glad I don't live near you, if you believe every snifter of gossip that rumbles past you and you pass it on with such glee.

No. I am defending his right to be treated as innocent until proven otherwise - by a fair trial, in a courtroom with judge and jury. Not by you and your rubber-necking neighbors twitching at your windows.
I think REAL AND PROVEN child abusers should have much harsher sentences than they do, but if and only if the courts find them guilty.

You posted this in the correct forum anyway.

Ashbelove - let me tell you two stories:

1. About 18 months ago, a lad I knew was murdered. He was forced to wear a dog collar, bark then he was pushed off the viaduct and fell to his death. His murderers walked away laughing. This is what they admitted to doing, in court. His crime? He wasn't a terribly bright lad, and lived with his carer. Some teenagers had been taunting him for weeks, calling him names, eventually they came up with "pedophile" because that seems to be the buzzword these days thats gets people's attention. In court the killers admitted they had never had any reason to believe the accusations to be true (in fact, there never had been any reason whatsoever to think it) but they were drunk and high on drugs......that was their excuse for murdering a 23 yrs old and devastating his family.

2. Some years ago, my (now ex) husband caught a neighbor stealing our boat, the police were called and the guy was charged. When he came back from court, he shouted across the street at us "There's the pedophile" (???) Have you ever seen a 50 yrs old man hide in his own home and sob like a baby for the shame and injustice? Our son was beaten up at school for having a "pedo" dad..........all because he caught the guy stealing our boat and the guy wanted to get his own back!
Gossip, conjecture, chinese whispers, vigilante-ism RUINS lives and destroys people.

Even if that neighbor of yours turns out to be all that you imagine him to be - how much better a person are you, enjoying the 'excitement' of it all?

Please, dont do it. Relishing juicy gossip is not right.

Oh, and Hi alaximander!

Calm down girl please.

With that I mean everyone........

Oh so he's not actually been found guilty of anything yet then? Otherwise he'd be behind bars before now, eh?
As I said before, I am *not* passing judgment either way, I am just saying the guy has a right to a fair trial, in court, and until the police actually have *real* evidence he has the right to not be gossipped about and his guilt assumed.....and yes i said the same thing about Gary Glitter at the time before he went to trial. I would defend anybody that right.
But please note, I also said here that I think convicted love offenders get let off too light, and that includes GG.
Judge not, for thee may be judged.....reading back on some of your other posts on here Ashbelove, if there was a love crime near you, it wouldn't take the police long to quote you off here and make it look as if you might be a suspect.......Now i am not saying you would be that way inclined, I am just saying it's all too easy for others to 'interpret' what they want to suit their own gossipy minds.....I have the quran on my bookcase, I talk to myself sometimes, I am a loner with few friends....does that make me a terrorist suicide bomber? No of course not, no more than your fantasies posted here make you another gary glitter! BUT, the police - and my neighbors - might not see it that way if they had a mind to make me 'fit the bill'.

No-one likes kiddie-fiddlers, probably not even themselves.......
And I know how easy it is to join the angry mob, it is just a case of sitting down for just 5 minutes and thinking, well, what if he IS innocent?
Think of the consequences, and how it will effect probably the rest of his life.

But then, it is not like you gave his address, or posted a picture of him though is it?

Slander is spoken, libel is written. But he never gave details of the guy's identitiy, so I guess that leaves him free to say whatever. After all, ashbelove has just as much right to his 'take' on the subject as the rest of us. Most of us just dont happen to agree.
I wouldn't like to see this thread locked just because it is a sensitive issue, I for one find it an interesting topic - as long as summat is debated fairly and within the houserules, I dont think any subject should be off-limits.

Two summers ago, my (then) 18 yrs old son was staying with me here in hampshire. He lived with his dad in a small cornish village then.
One day, the police came knocking on his dad's door, they had come to take Steve to the police station for questioning - someone had identified him by name that they had witnessed him put his hand into an open car window and steal a mobile phone.....when his dad explained he was in hampshire with me, the copper said he wasnt in the least bit surprised cuz he knew Steve himself to be a very honest lad (known him all his life).
Well, this copper had a big booming voice on the doorstep, so the neighbors hear everything - yes?
A few days later, my ex is in the local shop buying a paper when the shopkeeper goes "I hear your lad got arrested for burglary - who's house did he rob?"

What I am saying is, mud sticks....the bush telegraph is a very dodgy thing.

Oh and although the guy in the original post had his door kicked in several times, my ex is friends with a local copper, and he gets LOTS of visits and some neighbors think he's a 'problem'.
When we first moved there, my ex had to let the police know he has guns in the house, so within the first few weeks we had the coppers round many, many times. Not kicking the door in of course, but sometimes very late at night (on account one of them was a mate, and he'd call in and stay awhile).....yeah, from day one people thought we were "No good" and had a lot of nasty whispering going on.
And yes redelicious, sadly you are right. My eldest boy has mental health problems (but he's NEVER a problem to anyone else) and can look bizarre when he's not well walking around Asda 6'6" tall, huge ginger bushy unkempt beard, dirty clothes, talking to himself......yeah on his bad days he looks 'odd'.......when there's trouble, guess who gets the finger pointed at him? Yet he has never, ever done anything wrong.