Submitted on Thursday 2nd June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 14th June 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Challenge the non custodial sentence of Patrick Rock for Child abuse images
We believe that the sentencing of Patrick Rock, former advisor to David Cameron, to a 2 year conditional discharge is an insult to the child victims of the abusive, indecent images he downloaded. The children were young, underage girls and the images were of them in 'sexualised poses'.
In his role as Deputy Head of the Home Affairs policy unit he held responsibility for co-ordination of the government response to the problem of abusive images of children on the internet.
We believe that the Judge Alistair McCreath's comment that Rock's punishment was, "the loss of your reputation and your very public humiliation', indicates a preferential approach to the sentencing of child sex offenders seemingly dependent on their social status and privilege. We demand that his sentence be reviewed and increased to reflect the impact on the victims and the fact that he brought into disrepute his position of trust and responsibility in relation to his specialist role in government.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Sentences are the responsibility of the courts, which are independent of the Government and Parliament.
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www.gov.uk/complain-about-low-crown-court-sentence
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