Posted on 08/19/2009 7:58:40 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A paedophile with a 30-year history of abusing children is being prescribed Viagra on the NHS - and there is nothing the authorities can do to stop him.
Roger Martin, 71, merely has to visit his GP to obtain the libido-enhancing drug, even though experts warn it will enable him to continue preying on children despite his age.
The probation officers who oversee Martin are powerless to interfere with the administration of prescription drugs.
He does not have to tell his GP about his criminal past and even if he does, doctors cannot take convictions into account.
Martin suffers from numerous illnesses including diabetes, for which Department of Health guidelines say Viagra can be prescribed.
He has forced himself on a string of youngsters and his latest assault was on an 11-year-old girl last year.
But when he was sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court yesterday a judge chose not to send him to prison after being persuaded he 'wouldn't be able to cope' with a spell behind bars.
Last night Martin, a widower, claimed he 'wasn't doing anything wrong' by taking Viagra. But child safety campaigners and MPs reacted with horror and demanded the loophole be closed. One critic said it was 'sickening' that taxpayers' money was being spent on Viagra for a convicted child abuser
Claude Knights, director of children's charity Kidscape, said: 'I am shocked that someone has been given a chemical aid to sexual activity when they are misdirecting their urges. It gives them a chance to abuse more children.'
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My gawd...Just cut it off!
Unreal.
Everytime I wake up in the morning I say to myself:
“At least this country isn’t yet as insane as Britain”
A pedophiles comfort is worth more to them than a child’s life and safety.
Everyone has a duty to kill pedophiles on the spot. Do not call the police. Do the deed yourself.
The judge was persuaded that the man couldn’t tolerate being in prison, so he didn’t send sentenced to prison.
If any American judge failed to sentence a convicted criminal based on such stupid reasoning, I would hope he would be impeached and removed from office. Such a judge has very poor judgement.
Yes we are, Barry Dunham’s plan would force private insurance to cover infanticide.
Denying needy people resources. Cutting costs anywhere they can, to give viagra to a sexual predator. Yup. Sounds like government run health care to me.
This is a sick, sick world we are living in.
The pervert couldn’t tolerate being in prison???? Do the crime, do the time! Does the UK have no care for his child victims? Maybe the part of prison he doesn’t think is tolerable, is that he would be the one being abused!
AMEN BLOW IT OFF WITH A SHOTGUN!
Has it been passed yet? Contested? Sorry I’ve taken a break from politics to avoid willing myself to death.
oh it will pass.
Well, socialist bureaucrats do have their priorities.
Paging Ms. Bobbitt, paging Ms. Bobbitt. Please report to the British Consulate for your new assignment.
But, hey, at least their government-run healthcare plan isn’t limiting care to anyone!
Reminds me of the US judge who said a 5ft tall molester would be “in danger” in prison so she let him off on probation.
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