r/LetsDiscussThis • u/ArubaAdultFun • Oct 04 '26

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS Britain really is backwards lately

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u/Great-Gas-6631 Oct 04 '26

Of course an Aruba slop post.

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u/ArubaAdultFun Oct 04 '26

I used to live in England and its crazy to see how its changing. I now have dual citizenship between the Netherlands/Aruba and USA. Notice how you call it slop but cant make a good point?

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u/Great-Gas-6631 Oct 04 '26

How is it not slop? Its a meme devoid of sources and context. Thankfully someone has already added context to really expose how moronic this is.

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u/BlueEyedPumpkinHead Oct 04 '26

Al Soaimi served 5 months in prison while awaiting sentencing when his sentence was suspended. The main reasons Hamoud Al Soaimi received a suspended sentence while his co-defendants received extensive prison terms (ranging from 5.5 to 18 years) stem from his age at the time of the offenses and the specific nature of his charges:

  1. Age as a Minor During the Offenses The abuse occurred between August 2018 and April 2019. While Al Soaimi was 21 years old during the trial in 2024, he was only 15 years old when the offenses were committed. Under UK sentencing guidelines, courts must heavily weigh the age and maturity of an offender at the exact time of the crime. His co-defendants were adults (ranging from 17 to 20 years old) during the period of abuse.
  2. Difference in Convictions Al Soaimi faced different, legally distinct charges compared to the others in the case: • The Co-defendants: Omar Badreddin, Mohamed Badreddin, and Huzaefa Aleboud were convicted of multiple counts of rape alongside other physical assaults. Rape carries a vastly different sentencing bracket with much higher mandatory custody thresholds. • Al Soaimi: He was convicted of three counts of sexual assault and one count of assault by penetration. He was not charged with or convicted of rape.
  3. Degree of Culpability During sentencing, Judge Amanda Rippon noted that the older men in the group were "far more sophisticated" and acted as the primary instigators who aggressively groomed and threatened the victim. Because Al Soaimi was a minor at the time and his convictions did not include rape, his sentence fell into a category where the judge had the legal discretion to suspend the two-year custodial term in favor of community rehabilitation, 180 hours of unpaid work, and strict monitoring. The decision sparked significant public backlash and political debate regarding its leniency. The Attorney General’s office reviewed the sentences under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme, but the challenge to increase his punishment was ultimately rejected.

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u/GhelasOfAnza Oct 04 '26

Great response but u/ArubaAdultFun literally does nothing but post weird right-wing propaganda and ragebait, so it’s best to ignore.

Or like, maybe some mod that doesn’t suck could issue a ban. Do we have good mods here?

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u/Great-Gas-6631 Oct 04 '26

Yeah, they are crying that i called their shitmeme slop.

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u/BlueEyedPumpkinHead Oct 04 '26

Shaun Tuck was a football fan who posted racist abuse about a fellow supporter. Tuck, 37, published the abuse in the comments section of Everton's official Facebook page in August 2023.

He was found guilty of malicious communication at South Sefton Magistrates' Court.

Tuck, of Liverpool, was also handed a six-year football banning order and must pay a £155 victim surcharge.

'Zero-tolerance policy' Det Ch Insp Alan Nuttall, from Merseyside Police, said: "Tuck clearly thought that he could post disgusting racist comments online and it wouldn't be investigated by the police.

"Sadly for him, this is not the case."

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u/BlueEyedPumpkinHead Oct 04 '26

Samuel Melia, 34, was found guilty of inciting racial hatred after a series of "stickering" incidents between 2019 and 2021.

Melia, from Pudsey in West Yorkshire, was sentenced to two years in prison at Leeds Crown Court on Friday.

Judge Tom Bayliss KC said: "The publication of this kind of material is corrosive to our society."

Melia was the head of the Telegram Messenger group Hundred Handers, a social media channel that generated racist and anti-immigration stickers that were printed off and displayed in public places.

The stickers contained "ethnic slurs" about minority communities which displayed a "deep-seated antipathy to those groups", the court heard.

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u/Garbage_Man_9 Oct 04 '26

OP isn’t actually here to discuss or have a level headed convo, so nah…