One for the SWT brigade....

[Lurking Lawyer]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-ord...

Mother cons ex into thinking her child was his, leading him to spend £50K on private education and expensive presents for the kid, seemingly at the expense of the guy's own family.

Result? 20 months for fraud.

Cue super-heated male urine.....

[scenario8]

South West Trains?

[Puggit]

scenario8 said:

South West Trains?

Mammary enabled legless reptiles

[Marf]

Snake with tits

[scenario8]

Marf said:

Snake with tits

Every day's a school day.

[Fatboy]

Ridiculous comment from the defence:

Defence Brief said:

Elen Owen, defending, said her client had large debts and was in no position to repay the money.

The fraud wasn't financially motivated, she said.

How the fk could you interpret this as anything other than financially motivated? Any why couldn't she be named - she's been convicted?

I hope he gets some money back from her, but I feel very sorry for her daughter, must be a terrible thing to discover...

[scenario8]

I'd imagine her anonymity has been preserved to protect the entirely innocent child. Which is a fair balance in my opinion.

[CBR JGWRR]

"Your daddy ain't your daddy but your daddy don't know...

Oh misery..."


Must be terrible for the girl.

[AJS-]

In fairness, £50,000 over 15 years, and spending it on your child's education is pretty tame stuff as fraud goes and 20 months in prison seems to be in some sort of proportion. Even if she's out in a year, that's nothing to be sniffed at.

The emotional stress and misery she has caused for the victim, the natural father and her child, amongst others, is a different matter entirely. But hard to attach a judicial punishment to, especially since her daughter apparently pleaded on her side.

Being made to repay the money would be the obvious step, but I didn't see any mention of that.

What do people think would be an appropriate sentence in the circumstances?

[fido]

scenario8 said:

South West Trains?

Exactly my first thought. Can we use 'SwT' to differentiate between cold-blooded temptresses and a slightly inadequate train service.

[cal216610]

Like this bit,

Article said:

Jailing the woman, the judge said: "The tentacles of your deception have spread emotionally far and wide.

[Fatboy]

scenario8 said:

I'd imagine her anonymity has been preserved to protect the entirely innocent child. Which is a fair balance in my opinion.

Makes sense

[dom180]

For a fairly significant case/verdict given what I guess (although I hope not!) isn't an isolated example, it's interesting how little reporting has been done on this by the left wing/feminine biased media and BBC. Only the Fail reports it....

Terrible for the child and father but surely the child is better off away from such a Mother.

[Willy Nilly]

Shirley it was the mans fault, it normally is.

[Starfighter]

Yes SwT but I actually feel sorry for the "father" in this case who has managed to form a bond with the child. He may not be the father but is actually the daddy here and the child will suffer as a result. Well done love!

[Victor McDade]

An ex gf rings you up to say she's pregnant and that the child is yours yet you don't even ask for a DNA test to prove it?

A fool and his money..........

[Murph7355]

Victor McDade said:

An ex gf rings you up to say she's pregnant and that the child is yours yet you don't even ask for a DNA test to prove it?

A fool and his money..........

Indeed.

[sparkythecat]

Article said:

Jailing the woman, the judge said: "The tentacles of your deception have spread emotionally far and wide.

See, she's not a snake...she's a cephalopod.