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(Queensland) Courier Mail – Repeat sex offender to be deported: A serial child sex offender with a 43-year criminal history will be kicked out of the country as soon as he is released from a Brisbane jail this month. Raymond Kenneth Horne, 61, has been declared an unlawful citizen in Australia after spending more than 14 years behind bars for sexual offences against boys as young as 13.
(Australian) Daily Telegraph – Anger over plan to deport pedophile: Raymond Kenneth Horne migrated to Australia with his family as a five year old in 1952 but will be sent to London next week when he is released from jail after 14 years behind bars for sexual offences against boys.
1. Spare a thought for any poor sod by the name of Raymond Thorne: the peeps at the Mirror have mistakenly used this name not once but twice.
2. There are a number of points and concerns worth discussing here, so congratulations to the good people at the Sun, who have run with the story and actively promoted the following as their main online discussion today (the title speaks for itself):
MORE SCUM COMING TO BRITAIN – AN AUSSIE PAEDO
Is it just me, or is this likely to become the most informed, balanced and constructive debate of its kind?
UPDATE – Dave Cole – The right answer, the wrong reason
By Jherad March 11, 2008 - 3:21 pm
Hmm. ‘Aussies dump paedo on UK’.I wonder what the headline would have been, had we been talking about a migrant from the Subcontinent or Eastern Europe who had lived here for 40+ years and was being deported out as a convicted paedophile.I can take a guess.
By jailhouselawyer March 11, 2008 - 8:26 pm
I think Australia is forgetting something. We transported convicts there not vice versa. I seem to recall in the Chindamo case that because he came to this country as a small child, he could not be deported. Mr Horne has stronger ties with Australia than Britain. We should refuse to accept him. This nonsense about being declared an unlawful citizen. He emigrated with his parents. For better or worse he should remain there. He’s their problem they should consume their own smoke.
By Manic March 11, 2008 - 10:12 pm
1. All jokes aside, he’s not a convict for much longer, JHL.2. The majority of criminals sentenced during the era of Australian penal transportation stayed here. Just so you’re aware. Lock your doors.3. But I’m inclined to agree that someone who has been in Australia since the age of 5 and turned out to be a problem in adult life should be treated as an Australian problem.4. Not that you’d be able to discuss that sensibly with anyone thinking/led along the lines of ‘born a monster’.
By mjrobbins March 12, 2008 - 2:48 am
Not a comment about the story, just posting to say that I’ve finally figured out which song the lyrics you used as the title for this post are from. It’s been bugging me since you put the damned thing up!
By Sim-O March 12, 2008 - 8:57 am
Which is…??
By Dave Cole March 12, 2008 - 9:16 am
Manic – cf the Learco Chindamo case. Been trying to get a trackback to work, but there’s stuff on my blog.Sim-O’Down Under’ by Men at Work.”Do you come from a land down under?Where women glow and men plunder?Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?You better run, you better take cover.”
By Manic March 12, 2008 - 9:30 am
Hi Dave. Trackback has been shaky for a while now. My apologies for that, and also for not having you as a ‘trusted commenter’ long before now.I’ve put a manual link in the post.
By Dave Cole March 12, 2008 - 11:30 am
Not at all, thankyou and thankyou :)xD.