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Mr Jon Burrows: Assembly records
All of Mr Jon Burrows’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
No, I will not give way at the moment. I will reiterate the point. In the case in England, two schoolgirls were held down and repeatedly raped. That was videoed and shared on social media, The girls were called "slags", and one of the girls said that she wanted to end her life. One of the people convicted of that was…
When we give a real-life example, which causes the nostalgia of Members to my left to collapse under scrutiny, we get howls of protest and distraction.
Can I make the point? Let me go through the very points, and we will talk about it precisely. The crime of aiding and abetting rape falls outside the amendment. That is a fact, and it is irrefutable.
I am obsessed with talking about victims and why they are seeking justice. You say that I am obsessed with rape. I am obsessed by the fact that people want to legalise it.
The Member is quite wrong. Attention to detail when legislating is vital. Rape and attempted rape are included in some of the amendments. Aiding and abetting rape is not. Let us just remember what one of the suspects did to two schoolgirls. They were tied down —
I will deal with that very point. Yes, the age of criminal responsibility in England — 10 — is the same. The uproar was because the suspects, despite being arrested, investigated, prosecuted and convicted, did not get a day in prison. That being manifestly unjust caused an uproar. Under this proposal, one of the…
You know what? It is not listening. It writes something on a tablet of stone, but you know what? Do you see the young girl from Creggan who is sexually assaulted? Do you see the family bereaved and the old granny who cannot sit out her front because petrol bombs are raining down? "Ah, but the UN says it's not a…
It was not challenged — in fact, it was accepted — that the ability to investigate, to confirm guilt, to dispel, to exonerate, to impose bail conditions, and to put bail conditions on two people not to conspire, not to be in contact with each other and not to contact a victim — all the tools that the police rely on to…
This is law based on ideology. It is law based on a progressive fallacy. It is law based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how our youth justice system works. It is law that silences victims and empowers perpetrators. It is law —.
I will leave the petitions of concern for one minute. I will come back to them. When I walked into the Chamber, I was under no illusion. I knew that, whatever I said, it would not change the minds of Members here.
The powers of the police would not be criminal powers. Under police child protection laws, the police would be able to detain the child for up to 72 hours and put them in a place of safety, but the law would not allow for a criminal investigation. The police would not be able to take samples. I agree with Mrs Long.…
I will challenge you. I have put questions to the Minister of Justice, and she has confirmed it in writing. If you set the minimum age of criminal responsibility at 14, the police do not have the power to interview, arrest or take samples, because all of that must be voluntary. Here is a situation that you are in: you…