Man accused of raping boy, 11

Liana Jo Cassar

Apr 24th 2010, 10:09

very well said vicky. i agree 100%

Vicky Streeting

Apr 23rd 2010, 13:04

I feel i must comment on this article. I agree with Liana Cassar's comments. Fortun Farrugia is mentally disabled and has the mental capacity of a 4 - 5 year old child. I understand that a lot of people are upset by what they have read in the paper but what they have read may not be just as it is... No one has mentioned that Mr Farrugia has a mental disability and i feel that it makes a huge difference in what has been said that he has allegedly done, do not
misunderstand me i have children of my own... but every case is different and Mr Farrugia would not mentally understand any of what has happened or what is continuing to happen to him.

Joe Xuereb

Apr 22nd 2010, 11:25

To anyone who thinks that paedophilia is restricted to the RC priesthood, to Malta, think again. The link here does away with any doubts. A child (invariably a girl) is literally sold to a rich man. And it is all perfectly santioned by the State and its Religion and its State - they are one and the same thing it seems.
ttp://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20100422/1249/twl-12-year-old-bride-s-divorce-churns-m.html

Joe Xuereb

Apr 21st 2010, 14:27

Thanks Liana Jo. My first comment came before your own where you drew our attention to our Fortun's plight. My first comment still stands of course, elaborate and all. You sound like the kind of individual who accepts that delicate matters NEED elaboration. What is the alternative? Knee-jerk reactions? And even then they get it wrong. It is obvious that if elaboration equates the truth, then, as T.S.Eliot said, 'Humankind cannot bear very much reality'.
Thank you. Here's a little gift for you: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/t_s_eliot.html

Liana Jo Cassar

Apr 21st 2010, 04:42

Joe Xuereb, thank you! Finally, someone is comprehending the fact that Fortun Farrugia is not indeed the monster that he has been depicted to be. I am 100% sure of my previous comment about him having mental health issues. He needs help not judgement.

Joe Xuereb

Apr 20th 2010, 12:30

I should add that those who don't mind, indeed relish, elaboration on delicate matters - they will have understood where I am coming from. The rest, the knee-jerkers, they don't matter. Now this is short and sweet. Even the attention-span deficient will grip it.

Joe Xuereb

Apr 19th 2010, 21:43

I think I made it quite clear(within the context of the entire comment) that by 'man-in-the-street' I meant that the man in the street does not represent a civic body, an institution, and certainly does not represent men in general. His horrendous crime reflects only on him. Likewise instances of incest and the families where they occur. There! I hope that is enough grip.
If Liana Jo Cassar is correct and this man has mental health issues, then he would not be responsible at all. His case would need this consideration to be taken into account. Knee-jerk reactions are never helpful.
Mr. Jones. Over elaborate comment you say? You don't have a deficient attention span do you by any chance?

Mark Bonnici

Apr 18th 2010, 09:44

@ g.c forte
As you said in your latest comment you said that you used to know 12 year olds better then this I quote what you have written: "I use to know girls of 12 years make sex for money and not pleasure and not just Strada Stretta era, even today, if you take your mask, and search where adults should search on the internet, you will find children pornography, and really small children expose themselves." So now to answer you if you know these girls you are duty bound to report these incidents to the auothrities (POLICE). Second I don' t have to take any masks from my face I know very well what is happening on internet and I DON'T NEED TO SEARCH ABOUT THESE SITES. Who enters these sites is commiting an offense. I don't know why you wrote "and search were adults should search". I HOPE YOU EXPRESSED WRONG ENGLISH WORDS. I am not a saint for sure but I never in my whole life passed through my thoughts to enter or search child porn. Hope Cyber Police increase their investigations.

Liana Jo Cassar

Apr 18th 2010, 02:19

I am absolutely appalled at how quick people are to judge these days. It is true that rape cases are always horrific and distressing, especially for the victim and the families involved, but the facts are not always the way the media portrays them to be. I know for a fact that Fortun Farrugia is mentally disabled, but yet no newspaper i have looked at mentions this fact. Now, i am not saying that this justifies what he has allegedly done but shouldnt it be given a little cosideration? Mr Farrugia needs psychiatric help rather than punishment and to have some people say that he deserves the death penalty without knowing all the facts is just horrible. How about we consider Mr Farrugia innocent until proven guilty?

Joe Xuereb

Apr 15th 2010, 23:21

@ Joe Fenech. You ask if any sociologist has ever researched sexual behaviour of the Maltese. I remember years ago reading that the University of Louvain in Belgium did such research and found that the Maltese as a nation were sexually highly neurotic. I did not think much of that bit of info. at the time. I was younger and living my life, often against the odds. I am older and more knowledgeable now. Malta has moved since then - not necessarily forward - and would it not be interesting for Louvain University to pay another visit.

http://www.uclouvain.be/en-9970.html

Drinu Camilleri

Apr 15th 2010, 22:50

Innocent until proven guilty?

John Jones

Apr 15th 2010, 16:20

Joe Xuereb, your views concern me - it is as if you almost want to make excuses for this disgusting crime with your over elaboration.

So the man in the street has only himself to answer to when he kidnaps and rapes children? Are you serious? Priestly abuse makes front page news simply because the church has been protecting these animals for far too long.

Get a grip.

F BORG

Apr 15th 2010, 16:13

At last! We now have a named alleged offender. This is justice, yes justice has been done, as we all need to protect our children from sick people. Name them all please

alison galea

Apr 15th 2010, 15:46

issas ahjar ukoll!!!!! Totally insane ! X misthija

Elaine Camilleri

Apr 15th 2010, 15:02

Violent rape of an 11-year-old boy - Consent my foot! Poor child! I am the mother of a 13 year old boy and heaven help me, but my blood boils and I would love to wring the perpetrator’s neck and stuff him like a trussed chicken – Can anyone enlighten me? Violent here suggests beatings, suffering, tormenting and the pain of being brutally taken??????? I would suppress this monster like an animal (when and if found guilty!) Put yourself in the parents’ shoes. How can anyone possibly justify such brutality being forced on a child? It’s true; we can’t take Justice in our own hands but then again PLEASE JUSTICE ADMINISTER THE CORRECT PUNISHMENT!

J Farrugia

Apr 15th 2010, 14:21

No names should be open to public
This guy disserved to go to prison and that’s all.
Mentioning there names, we are just harming there families both victims and relatives.
And for what mentioning there names, just for you guys to know who they are? Why?
Would it change the prison sentence?
Who is gaining from there names? The victim? Maybe the children of the accused person and his wife?
Let the justice do there job and don’t play GOD lol.

F.Dalmas

Apr 15th 2010, 14:05

My God if this happened to my son I would be the one in prison I am sure because I would not be accountable to my actions! This man, if guilty, is clearly very sick and needs psychiatric help!!

And I totally agree Malta needs a sex offenders register NOW!!

ray sacco

Apr 15th 2010, 12:30

@joe xuereb & g.c.forte:
11 year old boys are usually not sexually developed. and if this boy was sexually developed, his only experience would have been hear-say. so if there was something consentual and the boy wanted to experiment sex, it surely would not have been rape. on the other hand, the prosecutor accused this man of rape. this makes me understand that there is medical proof that the boy has been raped. if there was no proof, the accusations would have been changed.

RGatt

Apr 15th 2010, 12:29

@ M Galea and Kristine Bonnici. The accused is mentioned when he or she is not a relative of the victim. This is done in order to keep the victim's identity secure.

R Scicluna

Apr 15th 2010, 09:21

Let them be name & shamed! It's not a case of protecting the child, because Gozo & Malta are both small, people talk (and oh how they talk!), so probably the whole Gozitan island knew the details of the case anyway.

Kristine Bonnici

Apr 15th 2010, 08:57

Finally, we're naming the accused. Maybe this is the start of a badly needed sexual offenders register to protect the innocent. The register should include ALL names - irrespective of occupation or vocation.

Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

Apr 14th 2010, 22:46

Having open courts is an important ingredient in any democratic society. In cases such as these, it is the practice in Australia to publish the names of alleged abusers but not the names of people claiming to be victims. The media may be invited into a closed court but strict directions are given with respect to the publication of any information. There is also a duty on all concerned, including solicitors and barristers, to resolve such matters speedily as it is in the public interest not to allow a person believed to have been an abuser to roam the streets. Needless to say defendants are presumed innocent although some measures appear to be in place which make inroads in this presumption. That priests are treated differently in Malta is a shame that all Malta has to live with. It is more than that. It is scandalous. The question is: is there a conspiracy in Malta to leave cases involving priests and religious out of court and the public eye? I am sure this matter being now reported will not be in the court for 8 years as appears to have been the case with some priests in Malta.

Joe Fenech

Apr 14th 2010, 20:58

Has any sociologist made any studies on the sexual behaviour in Malta. We hear in private circles about rape, incest, bestiality, necrophilia (by a few number of people)... Where does it come from? Repression, lack of space, ignorance?

m galea

Apr 14th 2010, 19:44

Usually names of persons prosecuted in such crimes are not mentioned. In this case Justice is not equal with everybody!

What's happening!

Joe Xuereb

Apr 14th 2010, 18:18

If matters sexual weren't the taboo subject that they are, but rather something that's openly discussed, calmly and dispassionately, as it affects us ALL. That would lead to information and knowledge, both necessary for the healthy development of human beings. Knowledge, for instance, that children are sexual beings with their own fantasies but not formulated in the adult way because of their innocence. Physically girls and boys can sire children in early teens. They could not cope with the results obviously because, though physically ready, emotionally they're not. All this is obvious. Knowledge would also mean that shallow 'outbursts of surprise' like 'even priests do it' wouldn't be made. Knowledge would show that priests are sexual too. Repress sexuality (A NATURAL PHENOMENON THAT OCCURS IN ALL LIVING CREATURES THAT ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO ACT UPON). As a personal choice, sublimation is fine. When imposed externally, it spells trouble. It spells neurosis in the adult particularly within the priesthood. Such sexual neurosis often manifests itself in terrible ways.
Priestly abuse makes front-page news because priests are expected to lead by example (an added pressure). Hence scandalous. Man-in-the-street only has himself to answer to. So his crime is relegated somewhere else.

MG Buttigieg

Apr 14th 2010, 18:15

In this country we have two weights and two measures. When police prosecute a person for similar crimes in the island of Malta names are not published in order to protect the victim. This case happens in the island of Gozo and no such prohibition is imposed and of course the media make a day out of it. I ask why? and this with a capital W. Can't you all see the damage being done within the closed community of Xaghra. Will you all please shut up and allow justice to follow its course (if it is at all possible now). Freedom of speech does not mean that we throw respect and dignity to the wind. And let us all pray to the all merciful God that the victim is given all the help possible away from the eyes of gossip mongers and the know it all busy bodies.

M. Camilleri

Apr 14th 2010, 17:19

It strucks me as to why when there are news of priests abusing children, these always find their way in the front pages of newspapers (and they should), yet when another man rapes an 11-year old boy, this is found on an inside page, in a rather small, short paragraph.

M. Spiteri

Apr 14th 2010, 15:57

An international study carried out shows that of all paedophiles, only 2% were priests or related to the Catholic Church. Although those 2% should be banned from the church, this shows that, as already mentioned, this disgusting phenomenon happens in all strata of society. Anti-Church people, please take note.

anna xuereb

Apr 14th 2010, 15:44

Violent rape!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel so sorry for this little boy and his family, he s going to need all the help he can get so that maybe, someday, he is able to get over this traumatic experience! The authorities did the right thing in locking the accused away, there is no place in society for beasts who commit crimes as he is being alleged to have done!!!!!No amount of jail time will make things right for the victim and his family, perhaps it is time an appropriate punishment is introduced all over the world for people convicted of such bestiality.

Joe Xuereb

Apr 14th 2010, 14:00

Most of the knee-jerk reactions here need to be put aside. Having done that one goes on to reality checks. Children are sexual beings and are physically of sexual engagement. Emotionally they are not yet ready and that is required for a healthy sex life (considering that many adults are not emotionally ready for sexual encounters, quite like the man charged here). Another example as proof of the 'readiness' of children are pubertal girls. Once they start menstruating they are ready to conceive. But emotionally they are not ready. So, the body may be ready and the curiosity way ahead. Some children do act upon their curiosity especially in societies where everything is visibly sexualised. Some children cannot wait to grow up and smoke and do adult things. It is all perfectly natural. But children, because of 'innocence' need protection from THEMSELVES. And adults should be emotionally mature enough to not take advantage of children's vulnerability. The man charged is definitely out of order. The boy MAY have encouraged him. But that would not justify the man's alleged criminal act. Knee-jerk reactions like death penalties and public stoning/castration really serve no purpose. They really don't.
@T.Borg. I think I understand you.

Daisy Decelis

Apr 14th 2010, 11:39

I believe that anyone responsible for peadophilia shudl be locked up but what escapes me is that this man was immediately remanded in custody at the Corradino prison while as far as I know none of the priest were remanded in custody. Maybe Justice is not equal to all or is it that some men are more equal than others?

Leah Micallef

Apr 14th 2010, 11:31

I really dislike how apologists are using every other sexual abuse case in order to somehow defend the Church. Of COURSE paedophilia happens in all walks of life - nobody can deny that. The difference is that this alleged monster will be dealt with by the court and will be in all likelihood jailed. If he were a priest, the crime would simply be covered up, the priest would escape justice and the victim would have to live with shame and misery for the rest of his life.

William P Flynn

Apr 14th 2010, 10:51

What is the difference between this crime and the rapist priests; except that the rapist priests had an undue advantage in a position of trust; and therefore more heinous? Capital punishment for the priests, then?

Joe Fenech

Apr 14th 2010, 10:06

This is why capital punishment should be reinstored ASAP. Cases like these can"t be sanctioned with a simple jail term!

Kenneth Zammit Tabona

Apr 14th 2010, 10:01

I heard that there's a very efficacious injection that kills sexual drive forever rather like an unmessy castration. Could that not be administered on people like this?

Jason Joe Farrugia

Apr 14th 2010, 09:53

On behalf of the Farrugia Family,

We would like to clarify that 59-year- old Fortun Farrugia from Xaghra Gozo (also known as family nickname Ta' Garga), is not in any way related to the case mentioned above.

Jason Joe Farrugia

g.c.Forte

Apr 14th 2010, 09:39

Let the court do its justice. Without being a judge myself, and judge this case, I wish to make a comment of experiences that I know. During the Strada Stretta era, little girls of 12, onwards use to start prostitute themselves, some times with the parents ( mostly prostitute women ) consensus. They use to go with every sailor that was ready to pay good money. After all it is money that concerned and not love and sex. Some times there were cases that while the sailor will be having sex with the child, the pimp,steals all his belongings, and if the sailor complain, they put him in trouble for abusing a child. My point is,that without prejudice this case, even today these things are happening too, and I say it is happening more, because of the internet. As I said, let us leave justice take its role, then if this man is found guilty, he will be punished.

JOHN O SCERRI

Apr 14th 2010, 09:27

@T.Borg : The article states clearly 'Man accuse of Raping.......'

Extract from WIKIPEDIA Dictionary. Meaning of "RAPE"

"In criminal law, rape is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with another person without that person's consent. "

SEE THE WORD........ "WITHOUT"

T.Borg you do not know the meaning of the word "RAPE" Inform yourself better for the good of all.

Mark Bonnici

Apr 14th 2010, 08:44

@ T.Borg.
I Cannot judge you as a person but you are confusing everything. First of all a child is always innocent when he or she are sexually abused. ADULTS are always to blame for an act like this against a child. We as adults have enough common sense to prevent these things from happening and there is no excuse to fall into this. Imagine yourself at the age of eleven being abused, I think you wouldn't be happy. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN A CHILD IS ABUSED HIS LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME and must get helped from professional social workers. Internet has nothing to do altough you are right for not letting children alone on internet but does not mean that children will seek porn. And what do you mean by adults are weak?????? this is not weakness but mental sickness nothing more and nothing less. In my opinion child molesters have fun to touch something innocent something never used that's their problem and it is not accepted as weakness for sure. I hope you change your opinion and if you are still with the same idea you definately need help.

chanel pace

Apr 14th 2010, 08:40

If guilty, burn him alive!

Simon Abela

Apr 14th 2010, 08:25

Why the courts in in Malta, US and other western countries dont do anything about it. granted it you cannot reverse it.
If guilty, I would put him in a square and castrate him in front of everyone to see.
Surely this was set an example for ther rest of scum bags.

Carmel Garcia

Apr 14th 2010, 08:10

Another alleged pedophile. Not a member of the clergy.

Roderick Micallef

Apr 14th 2010, 07:48

@T.Borg,
First you are saying that this might have been consensual when this Farrugia has been ACCUSED of a VIOLENT rape. It really can't be clearer than that, after that you are also pointing fingers to parents and to the internet as pornography is turning them to start experiencing in sex very early. Can you exactly tell us how did you come up with this conclusion? Could it be that the internet is effecting you personally in this way and you are blaming others? Experience tells me that when some one is pointing fingers at everything and every one instead of accepting facts as they are there is usually always something wrong.
Human rights should be applicable to humans but these rights should not be eligible for sick monsters, the damage they do is most of the time carried by the victims all their lifes and this should be taken into consideration when they are given down court sentences. I would go back to medieval times and if he is found guilty tie him up to two horses and make them walk in opposite ways with the accused tied in the middle! Lovely!

Joe E Galea

Apr 14th 2010, 07:39

So in this case and it's rightfully so the accused was named and shamed apart from being arrested. In the case of the Clergy Paedophiles a blind eye was turned upon.

vic vella

Apr 14th 2010, 07:06

@ T Borg. The 11 year old boy is below the age of consent, thus it could not have been consentual.
The Goverment is only too happy to follow the UK Goverment in tax collecting ideas, let's have the child offendors act NOW. SARAH'S LAW IS NEEDED IN MALTA TODAY. Let's all join a facebook group to show the prime minister that we want it .

Sharon Richard

Apr 14th 2010, 06:51

Oh my God...this is horrible. as my grandma always says..'vera spiccat id-dinja'. I don't even want to imagine what this boy and his family are going through. This is a catholic country and we should forgive....but if this boy were my child...it is beyond forgiveness.

James Brincat

Apr 14th 2010, 02:51

If found guilty then I would suggest to apply the Vatican penal code for such crime. You might as well consult an expert, ask the Pope during his visit what’s the divine or biblical penal code for such crime.

William P Flynn

Apr 14th 2010, 00:35

@Gerry Cowie

Well done! You have joined the ranks of the famous Catholic apologists who have been "proving" that two wrongs do make a right. Malta believes you. Keep them coming.

Jesmond Micallef

Apr 13th 2010, 23:08

These are extremely serious perversions. I was reading the other day about Psychopaths and was really astonished to learn about how these very crafty but very sick people operate within the social collective framework. They are also pretty much a danger to society.

I seriously hope that oneday such malignant psycho-behaviours such as these here described are completely prevented somehow.

Steve Jones

Apr 13th 2010, 22:12

@ T. Borg
At least I know now to keep my kids away from anyone called T. Borg from now on.....thanks for the heads up

anthea doughty

Apr 13th 2010, 22:09

The violent rape of an 11 year old - polite way of putting extreme agony and internal injuries! Life meaning life if found guilty is the only sentence that would suffice. There is no cure for paedophilia - any other comments or speculation on the boy are totally irrelevant. A 56 year old MAN and an 11 year old BOY! I pray for a hefty sentence if he is found guilty and the right professional help for the boy, which he will need years of.

t. borg

Apr 13th 2010, 22:06

@a.cassar u m.gatt. ghalfejn qed tiskantaw kien hemm kaz il-qorti quddiem il-magistrat padovani grima fejn tifel beda jiccatja ma' ragel u mar minn jheddu fid-dar ta' dan ir-ragel biex kellu x'jaqsam mieghu. dan ammettieh fil-qorti huwa stess. jien qatt ma kelli f'mohhi dan il-kaz partikulari tal-lum ghax nemmen li l-ewwel irridu naraw il-fatti kollha qabel. kien hemm nies akkuzati u wara instab li kienu innocenti. mhux tort tieghi jekk hemm min irid jifhem kif irid huwa kontra li rrid inwassal jien. kull genitur bhali jrid jaghmel u jzomm f'mohhu li ghidt jien biex jipprotegi t-tfal tieghu.

Daniel Sammut

Apr 13th 2010, 21:57

@ t borg
How could you say such a thing. The child, at that age, is always innocent and not at fault. It cannot be that sex is consensual between a 56 year old and an 11 year old, that is plain sexual abuse. You should be ashamed of yourself for even suggesting it, let alone defending yourself.

J. Debono

Apr 13th 2010, 21:48

@ T.Borg

Let's for argument's sake say an 11 year old boy gave you consent, he still is an 11 year old boy!!! He does not know what sex means!, let alone give consent.

@ John Andrew Gauci

Though I know my suggestion is unaccaptable, I was not exactly joking! For someone to get a few months suspended sentence (the current trend) for ruining someone's life is not justice. And I meant it when I said the death penalty is a kind sentence!

ray sacco

Apr 13th 2010, 21:31

i don't believe that paedophile crimes are something modern. i think that in these days children are educated and more aware of these perverts and so they speak up. before, children used to be lured by these monsters with sweet talk and sworn to secrecy, thinking it was the right thing to do due to lack of knowledge and awareness. that is why paedophilia was not heard of, not because it did not exist. if found guilty this ba_ _ _ _ _ should locked away for the rest of his miserable life.

M Gatt

Apr 13th 2010, 21:04

@ t borg
Int bis - serjeta? Why don't you go crawl back to whatever hole you crawled out of. You are as disgusting as the accused.

A Cassar

Apr 13th 2010, 20:53

@t borg
How disgusting to even suggest that a boy can give consent to having sex with a man!!! You have a very sick mind

Lorraine Vella

Apr 13th 2010, 20:32

the more i read of these disgusting (for lack of a better word) acts, the more i am in favour of a sex offender registry!!!

Claire Busuttil

Apr 13th 2010, 20:31

jekk hati, ghandu jinata pina sew.......dan t tifel miskin, mhux se jinsa dan l episjodi disgustanti malajr!

t. borg

Apr 13th 2010, 20:20

jien ghidt tlett affarijiet. l-ewwel naraw il-fatti kollha u mhux l-akkuzi. jekk kienx hemm kunsens jew le ghax jekk kien hemm vjolenza hija xi haga gravi hafna jekk le, gravi imma storja differenti. li t-tfal m'ghandhomx jithallew fuq l-internet wahidhom ghax dan igib riperkuzzjonijiet. iva veru hawn adulti debboli u jaqghaw ghal dawn l-affarijiet fejn anki qassisin waqaw. kien hemm kazijiet fejn tfal jittantaw irgiel. min qal li anki ta' 17 huma tfal nahseb m'ghandux tfal jew maqtuh mir-realta tal-lum. il-bqija kulhadd gera fl-immaginazzjonijiet fatati tieghu.

Mark Zerafa

Apr 13th 2010, 19:50

How sad.

A. Mallia

Apr 13th 2010, 19:29

t. Borg - Shame on you for expressing yourself that way. You are no better than the accused for even implying that the 11-year-old boy could somehow have been to blame for the actions of the 56-year-old man. A child is a child, no matter what. Any further comment is superfluous.








@SeanGrima - With cases like this, where a child is involved, no chances should be taken. Yes, a person is deemed to be innocent until proven guilty, however the papers did right in publishing the name of the accused, so that parents of young children from his neighbourhood or wherever will be on the alert. This boy, after all, may not be the only victim of the accused. Publishing the name may, for all you know, encourage other possible victims of the accused to come forward.

Monsters like that should not be left free to prowl for more victims.

Steve Sciberras

Apr 13th 2010, 19:21

@T.Borg
Are you saying that an 11 year old is no longer a child and should he be punished by this creep and the adult goes free since according to you it could be consensual sex - actually the child leading the adult. What an 11 year old boy knows about sex except for an unrealistic meaning of the word - if he knows about it. We adults should protect the children. I thought that I have heard them all - clearly not. Probably you do not have young children to say this comment

Gerry Cowie

Apr 13th 2010, 19:18

Further proof to the anti-Church brigade that abuse happens in all walks of life!

John Andrew Gauci

Apr 13th 2010, 19:12

OOOOOOOOO No. I was always agianst the removal of the death penalty. But for God's sake--- not in this kind of criminality. If found guilty the penalty should be that he spends the rest of his life in a certain villa at Attard.!

Mr. Debone's suggestion is offcourse unaccetabile

John Mifsud-Navarro

Apr 13th 2010, 18:37

SODOMY; (vis-a-vie) Rape, pederasty or lesbianism, is an offense which not very long ago was a felony severely punished. Acts of sodomy historically regared as "unnatural."
The offense of abduction, which is the act of taking away child by fraud or violence either for immoral purposesor to or to force the victim into prostitution should be prosecuted to the maximum the law permit.

Jesmond Micallef

Apr 13th 2010, 18:27

If this allegation turns out to be true, a 56 year old doing such to a 12 year old, well well, no further comment needed here..........

t. borg

Apr 13th 2010, 18:11

Let’s hear the facts first then one can speak. Maybe all was consensual. Parents should not allow their children alone on the internet as pornography is turning them to start experiencing in sex very early. Some adults are weak and easily fall for it.

Maria Zammit

Apr 13th 2010, 18:03

Could it be something we're eating that is turning us into monsters? I propose a diet of hard labour.

D. Camilleri

Apr 13th 2010, 17:43

Public executions should be the order of the day for these crimes.

M. Mifsud

Apr 13th 2010, 17:28

Chemical castration and "life" (which means leaving prison in a casket) sentences is all I can think of in these cases. Another option would be leaving the accused, if guilty, in the hands of the victim's dear ones.

c farrugia

Apr 13th 2010, 17:27

This is not just rape but paedophile. Such acts should be treated with urgency so as the victim will be able to get the necessary help and start anew. Harsh sentences should be a must in such cases.

r curmi

Apr 13th 2010, 17:26

WTH is happening with all these increasing attacks on children? Can the court of malta start giving some real jail time to those found guilty???? How many more broken lives have we as a society endure before such people are named and shamed for all to know what danger they possess.

Sean Grima

Apr 13th 2010, 17:26

accused people are deemed innocent until proven guilty

Joseph Vella

Apr 13th 2010, 17:21

What is happening? It is practically becoming a daily occurence that we read about crimes carried out on children. When found guilty, the court should go for maximuim sentences.
I would not like to dream what I would do if any such person was to carry this offence on my child. In all probability, if 'I were to punish (probably castrate him) this person myself', I would definitely be subject to a far bigger sentence than such a person would get for this crime.

malcolm seychell

Apr 13th 2010, 17:14

Re introduce the death penalty.