GUILTY BUT FREE: Former MP Terry Martin walks after sex with 12-year-old
33 replies, posted
[img]http://resources2.news.com.au/cs/newscomau/v2/_shared/base/css/images/icons/homepage-title.png[/img] Source: [url]http://www.news.com.au/national/former-mp-terry-martin-walks-free-after-sex-with-12-year-old/story-e6frfkvr-1226209499522[/url]
[img]http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2011/11/29/1226209/499657-terry-martin.jpg[/img]
Terry Martin pictured walking free from court after being found not guilty today. Picture: Luke Bowden Source: The Mercury
[release] • Former MP guilty of having sex with 12-year-old
• Judge found medication triggered hypersexual desire
[B]TERRY Martin showed no sign of emotion and refused all requests for comment as he walked free from the Supreme Court in Hobart this afternoon after he was found guilty of having sex with a 12-year-old girl.[/B]
In a surprise move Justice David Porter chose not to jail the former MP and long-serving Glenorchy mayor instead handing him a 10-month suspended sentence back-dated to November 22 when he was taken into custody.
Martin was last week found guilty of having underage sex - with a 12-year-old girl prostituted by her mother and mother's friend - in September, 2009.
He pleaded not guilty and argued from the start he believed the girl was 18.
He became involved with her after responding to an ad for her services in the newspaper listing her as "Angela, 18, new in town".
But the jury found he ought to have known she was underage after the nine women and three men deliberated for several hours on Monday last week.
In light of the massive amount of publicity surrounding the case Justice Porter chose to give extensive reasons for his decision not to jail Martin - who was found guilty of one count of sex with a young person under 17 and one of producing child exploitation material.
He was acquitted of a third charge of indecent assault after the jury was unable to reach a verdict and the Crown elected not to pursue that matter any further.
Justice Porter accepted expert opinions backing up Martin's assertion the medication he was prescribed for his Parkinson's Disease had caused him to suffer from hypersexuality at the time of his offending.
The judge said he accepted the submission that if Martin had not been taking those drugs he would not have become "obsessed with sex'' and hooked on prostitutes - and would therefore not have come into contact with the 12-year-old.
Follow the latest developments about Terry Martin at The Mecury.[/release]
Yeah, I think we all know what Facepunch's opinion is on this.
[QUOTE=Asgard;33489165]Yeah, I think we all know what Facepunch's opinion is on this.[/QUOTE]
That it's wrong.
If the girl is a tiny Asian with C cup breasts then I could understand the confusion.
But I don't quite understand why reasonable doubt matters in a case where he's been found guilty of sex with a minor.
He looks so creepy...
I'm sorry but hypomania from Bipolar can lead to hypersexuality, I really doubt you could use bipolar as an excuse for banging a 12 year old
Last I checked, "She told me she was 18" wasn't a valid excuse in statutory rape cases, but I'm not sure if that applies to written statements of age.
Either way, disgusting.
So, all that leaves is the medication which is only a possible side effect I believe?
[QUOTE=strayebyrd;33489239]I'm sorry but hypomania from Bipolar can lead to hypersexuality, I really doubt you could use bipolar as an excuse for banging a 12 year old[/QUOTE]
It can if it's a prostitute you're assured is 18. It's not like he went out and raped a minor in the street or kidnapped a child. Some 12 year olds do look suspect.
[editline]29th November 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Noth;33489251]Last I checked, "She told me she was 18" wasn't a valid excuse in statutory rape cases, but I'm not sure if that applies to written statements of age.[/QUOTE]
That's what I was thinking. I have no idea why he only has a 10 month suspended sentence.
Whether he got obsessed with sex due to drugs or not was irrelevant. That obsession merely made him have a gigantic need for sex. He was still in full control of his actions and as such should've checked. It's fucking disgusting that he gets away with statutory rape on account of "I was obsessed due to drugs, sorry not my fault".
I don't think he's as at fault as the parent and friend so I find his punishment fitting. Plus humiliation from this, he's fucked, prison or not.
Who is this strange "yawn" man who rated this winner
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;33489331][B]That obsession merely made him have a gigantic need for sex[/B]. [U]He was still in full control of his actions[/U] and as such [B]should've checked.[/B][/QUOTE]
Those two things are complete opposites. Having a gigantic need for sex is a neurological imbalance, and as such is NOT in complete control of his actions. Also, when you are addicted to sex and hire a prostitute, your first response is not 'MAN SHE'S SO FUCKING HOT LETS HAVE SEX NOOWW.. oh wait better check her credentials."
[quote] Judge found medication triggered hypersexual desire[/quote]
So what made him have sex with a 12 year old and not say a prostitute.
[QUOTE=markg06;33489492]So what made him have sex with a 12 year old and not say a prostitute.[/QUOTE]
Apparently the girl was both...
[QUOTE=markg06;33489492]So what made him have sex with a 12 year old and not say a prostitute.[/QUOTE]
The mother was prostituting the child.
Winner x3, Funny x1
Facepunch, what the shit
Pff Only in europe broken system :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;33491197]Pff Only in europe broken system :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
[B]news.com.au[/B]
[B]Hobart[/B]
Good job knowing your countries. Last I checked Australia wasn't in Europe.
I can't tell if that's a guy or a girl holding the boom mic next to him. Seriously looks pretty manly to me.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/zFCRY.jpg[/IMG]
Anyways, they actually have prostitution listings in newspapers? What.
[QUOTE=KillaGunna24;33493409]I can't tell if that's a guy or a girl holding the boom mic next to him. Seriously looks pretty manly to me.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/zFCRY.jpg[/IMG]
Anyways, they actually have prostitution listings in newspapers? What.[/QUOTE]
First thing I thought of was Timmy from whitest kids u know when he dresses as a woman.
[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/2434502998_176e6c7fb9.jpg[/img]
Did the girl get surgery or something? You'd have to be a complete idiot to mistake a 12 y/o for 18.
[QUOTE=KillaGunna24;33493409]
Anyways, they actually have prostitution listings in newspapers? What.[/QUOTE]
In my country, anyway, they're always had them in the classified ads. Even before prostitution was legalised.
Dude's fucked in the head, and what's worse he's just walking around with that pedophilic hypersexual madness in his head. He should be in a place where minds are healed, not loose in the world where he could do something worse.
Once again being in power gets you off scot free
but if he was a 6 year old he would be considered a sex offender and threatened with arrest.
Must love the good old states.
How horrifing
[QUOTE=KillaGunna24;33493409]I can't tell if that's a guy or a girl holding the boom mic next to him. Seriously looks pretty manly to me.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/zFCRY.jpg[/IMG]
Anyways, they actually have prostitution listings in newspapers? What.[/QUOTE]
The boobs kind of give it away
[QUOTE=J!NX;33495410]but if he was a 6 year old he would be considered a sex offender and threatened with arrest.
Must love the good old states.[/QUOTE]
psst it's Australia, but i get your point
Holy shit, the "I SWEAR I THOUGHT SHE WAS 18, OFFICER" thing works?
time to slick my hair back and hit the town
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.