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Belfast Teenage Rape Victim

EDM number 2079 in 2006-07, proposed by Mark Durkan on 10/10/2007.

That this House salutes the brave Belfast teenager who this week, on his 16th birthday, waived his anonymity as a rape victim in order both to expose the convicted paedophile who violated him when he was only 13 years old and to protest at the continued application of the 50 per cent. remission law for sex offenders in Northern Ireland; notes that his rapist was also convicted of sexually assaulting seven other boys and girls with a total of 45 charges, serving a custodial sentence of 13 years and nine months; further notes that, with remand-time discounted, 50 per cent. remission will see this multiple offender released after less than five years; deplores all that this boy has suffered including the stress of court, flashbacks, behavioural change, severe weight-loss and overdoses; believes that the promised Government legislation to end 50 per cent. remission in such cases in Northern Ireland is overdue; encourages Ministers to expedite this; recognises the good work of all the agencies that, beginning with an anonymous telephone tip-off to social workers, acted to bring this predator to conviction; extends its sympathy to all the young victims, their families, friends, schools and all who love and support them; deplores the fact that a young man felt compelled to mark his 16th birthday by sharing his ordeal; applauds his and his parents' courage; wishes him every support for his future; assures him that his cry to Parliament has been heard; and hopes that he can find some consolation when the law is soon changed.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mark Durkan10/10/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartyProposed
Eddie McGrady10/10/2007South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Gregory Campbell10/10/2007East LondonderryDUPSeconded
Alasdair McDonnell10/10/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Ian Paisley10/10/2007North AntrimDUPSeconded
Peter Robinson10/10/2007Belfast EastDUPSeconded
Stephen Pound10/10/2007Ealing NorthLabourSigned
David Simpson10/10/2007Upper BannDUPSigned
William McCrea10/10/2007South AntrimDUPSigned
Nigel Dodds10/10/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson10/10/2007Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Sammy Wilson10/10/2007East AntrimDUPSigned
Jim Devine11/10/2007LivingstonLabourSigned
Philip Davies11/10/2007ShipleyConservativeSigned
David Anderson11/10/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
Ann Winterton11/10/2007CongletonConservativeSigned
Don Touhig11/10/2007IslwynLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin11/10/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Hywel Francis11/10/2007AberavonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn11/10/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne11/10/2007Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Paul Murphy11/10/2007TorfaenLabourSigned
Lynne Jones11/10/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Greg Pope11/10/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd15/10/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Derek Conway15/10/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Lady Hermon17/10/2007North DownUUPSigned
Ben Wallace17/10/2007Lancaster and WyreConservativeSigned
John Hemming18/10/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Ruane19/10/2007Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Alan Simpson22/10/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster22/10/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Rudi Vis24/10/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Eric Illsley29/10/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned

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