I hope the outcry changes the outcome. The judge is either ancient, brain-dead, incredibly stupid or just as hateful as the pyro-crazy murderers.
I ran a search on the guy... he's not the greatest judge.
Not surprised.
In a nutshell, could you describe him?
I hope they change the outcome & ditch the judge.
This judgement by him shows a correct sentence, but clearly, in context with his sentence on Sheard, the hypocrisy is so deep one can drown contemplating it;
http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/90497/-danger-to-young-men-caged-indefinitely.aspx
The tough sentence on that disgusting rapist was appropriate but the hypocrisy is so obvious & homophobic.
The Sheard case involved a (presumably) hetro guy torture-killing an autistic gay guy.
The rape case involved a guy who brutally raped another guy.
If the scumbag is gay, he gets the book thrown at him. If the victim is gay, his killer gets a wrist slap.
Judge Keene is a homophobe, pure & simple.
He also presided over another case where a guy inadvertently found himself in possession of stolen property. He held the guy in custody for a while & didn't allow him to bathe or change his underwear. The guy was apparently gay, too because the article talks about the man's "partner" (identified as male) try to bring him new clothes & underwear.
He was also rather light on a guy who tried to kill a bunch of cops with a car. No mention of anyone's sexual orientation but he bought the assailant's "hard life" sob story hook-line-and-sinker!
Maybe the cop he tried to kill was gay, only the Judge knows (maybe the Judge just hates cops for some reason, I don't know).
People need to get this bozo off the bench! The Judge is a psychopath!