Rollo Davies

Shocking that parliament is even considering a bill which will criminalise ordinary parenting.

THIS IS JUDGE MOIRA MACMILLAN THE JUDGE WHO SPARKED A STORM OVER A CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION TRIAL! SIX MEN ACCUSED. VULNERABLE TEENAGE GIRLS. ALLEGATIONS OF RAPE AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. AND A COURT ORDER PREVENTING THE PUBLIC FROM KNOWING WHAT WAS HAPPENING INSIDE THE COURTROOM! AT BRISTOL CROWN COURT IN 2026, JUDGE MACMILLAN IMPOSED SWEEPING REPORTING RESTRICTIONS ON A TRIAL INVOLVING SIX MEN ACCUSED OF GROOMING AND SEXUALLY ABUSING GIRLS. THE REASON? CONCERNS ABOUT WITNESS EVIDENCE AND THE DEFENDANTS’ RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL! BUT THE PRESS FOUGHT BACK! THE TIMES AND OTHER MEDIA ORGANISATIONS CHALLENGED THE RESTRICTIONS — AND THE JUDGE PARTIALLY RELAXED THE ORDER! THE PUBLIC COULD FINALLY BE TOLD THE TRIAL WAS TAKING PLACE, BUT THE DEFENDANTS’ IDENTITIES AND DETAILS OF THE EVIDENCE REMAINED RESTRICTED! SIX MEN DENYING SERIOUS SEXUAL OFFENCES. A TRIAL OF ENORMOUS PUBLIC INTEREST. AND JOURNALISTS HAVING TO CHALLENGE THE COURT TO REPORT EVEN BASIC DETAILS! AND THAT ISN’T THE ONLY CASE WORTH EXAMINING! A HAMPSHIRE POLICE OFFICER MADE FALSE ALLEGATIONS WHICH TRIGGERED 11 POLICE INVESTIGATIONS! 157 OFFICERS INVOLVED! THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF POLICE TIME! THE OFFICER, THURLEY, RECEIVED AN 18-MONTH PRISON SENTENCE FROM MACMILLAN. BUT IT WAS SUSPENDED! NO IMMEDIATE PRISON CELL! AND WHAT ABOUT HER CHILD SEXUAL OFFENCE CASES? RODNEY BUNZLY — A 57-YEAR-OLD CONVICTED OF HORRIFIC HISTORICAL SEXUAL OFFENCES AGAINST A CHILD, INCLUDING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH A CHILD AND INDECENT ASSAULT! HE WAS ALSO CONVICTED OF OFFENCES INVOLVING INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN! MACMILLAN SENTENCED HIM TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON! SIDNEY MORRIS — A 55-YEAR-OLD CHILD SEXUAL PREDATOR WHO PAID MORE THAN $14,000 TO PEOPLE OVERSEAS TO SEXUALLY EXPLOIT CHILDREN! 574 INDECENT IMAGES FOUND! SOME INVOLVING CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS FOUR! 15 OFFENCES ADMITTED! MACMILLAN SENTENCED HIM TO 16 YEARS BEHIND BARS! ANOTHER CASE — A 72-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO ADMITTED MAKING, POSSESSING AND DISTRIBUTING INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN! THE SENTENCE? TWO YEARS AND THREE MONTHS IN PRISON! AND KAYDON HALL — CONVICTED OF SERIOUS SEXUAL OFFENCES AGAINST TWO YOUNG VICTIMS! MACMILLAN SENTENCED HIM TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON, WITH SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION FOR LIFE! THESE ARE REAL COURT CASES. REAL VICTIMS. REAL SENTENCES. AND WHILE MACMILLAN HAS IMPOSED SUBSTANTIAL PRISON SENTENCES ON CONVICTED CHILD SEX OFFENDERS, HER DECISIONS — LIKE THOSE OF EVERY JUDGE — MUST REMAIN OPEN TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY! THE BIGGEST QUESTION SURROUNDS THAT BRISTOL TRIAL! WHEN ALLEGATIONS INVOLVE VULNERABLE GIRLS AND ORGANISED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, WHY SHOULD JOURNALISTS HAVE TO FIGHT TO REPORT THE VERY EXISTENCE OF A TRIAL? YES, DEFENDANTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL! YES, WITNESSES AND VICTIMS MUST BE PROTECTED! BUT OPEN JUSTICE MATTERS TOO! NO JUDGE SHOULD BE ABOVE PUBLIC SCRUTINY! NO COURTROOM SHOULD BE BEYOND ACCOUNTABILITY! AND NO VICTIM OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE SHOULD EVER BE FORGOTTEN! THE PUBLIC DESERVES ANSWERS — AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM DESERVES SCRUTINY!