Posted by mdwork on 9/7/2009, 10:42 am, in reply to "Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse"
This is actually what brought it to my mind last week, hearing this on the news and remembering the alleged use here in the U.S.
--Previous Message--
: One bright spot is that at least this is
: happening in the UK.
:
: A paedophile with a 30-year history of
: abusing children is being prescribed Viagra
: on the NHS - and there is nothing the
: authorities can do to stop him.
:
: Roger Martin, 71, merely has to visit his GP
: to obtain the libido-enhancing drug, even
: though experts warn it will enable him to
: continue preying on children despite his
: age.
:
: The probation officers who oversee Martin
: are powerless to interfere with the
: administration of prescription drugs.
:
: He does not have to tell his GP about his
: criminal past and even if he does, doctors
: cannot take convictions into account.
:
: Martin suffers from numerous illnesses
: including diabetes, for which Department of
: Health guidelines say Viagra can be
: prescribed.
:
: He has forced himself on a string of
: youngsters and his latest assault was on an
: 11-year-old girl last year.
:
: But when he was sentenced at Peterborough
: Crown Court yesterday a judge chose not to
: send him to prison after being persuaded he
: 'wouldn't be able to cope' with a spell
: behind bars.
:
: Last night Martin, a widower, claimed he
: 'wasn't doing anything wrong' by taking
: Viagra. But child safety campaigners and MPs
: reacted with horror and demanded the
: loophole be closed.
:
: Outrage: One critic said it was 'sickening'
: that taxpayers' money was being spent on
: Viagra for a convicted child abuser Claude
: Knights, director of children's charity
: Kidscape, said: 'I am shocked that someone
: has been given a chemical aid to sexual
: activity when they are misdirecting their
: urges. It gives them a chance to abuse more
: children.'
:
: Peterborough MP Stewart Jackson said: 'This
: is a bizarre and outrageous example of where
: common sense gets thrown out of the window
: in preference to so-called human rights and
: political correctness.
:
: 'Someone needs to get a grip here and start
: thinking about what's in the public interest
: instead of ticking boxes like a robot.'
:
: Martin, of Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, has a
: history of sex offences dating back to 1978
: when he was convicted for having unlawful
: sex with a 15-year-old baby-sitter.
:
: He pleaded guilty to his latest offence of
: touching an 11-year-old inappropriately when
: she visited his sheltered accommodation home
: in December 2008 to do some cleaning for
: pocket money.
:
: Judge Nicholas Coleman ordered him to attend
: a three-year sex offenders' treatment
: programme and banned from having contact
: with children indefinitely.
:
: Last night he said his Viagra use was 'a
: personal thing really'.
:
: He added: 'I live on my own and I don't have
: any female company and I don't think I'm
: doing anything wrong.'
:
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