Would you want Dennis Ferguson in your neighbourhood?

[Wongo]

Well I know he has done his time, he is supposed to be a changed man and all that.

But being married with a young daughter I definitely don’t want to be anywhere near him. Although I may think differently if I was still single but I don’t know.

What is your view?

[craigb]

Who's Dennis Furgeson?

Sounds like he must be a kiddie fiddler.

If that is so I can well understand why parents wouldn't want him anywhere near their kids.

I suppose he's got to live somewhere though .

[DaveInOz]

I suppose he's got to live somewhere though .

no he doesn't. :mad:

[silentC]

Ferguson was convicted for kidnapping three children from their NSW home in 1987 and sexually molesting them for three days.In 1988 he was convicted of 19 charges including kidnapping, sodomy, gross indecency, indecent dealing and carnal knowledge. Ferguson was sentenced in 1989 to 14 years jail, in the Brisbane Supreme Court, with the Judge saying his chances of rehabilitation were "nil". Believed to be currently living in QLD- Brisbane

Personally, I think a freak like him should be locked up for the rest of his life in a prison or a mental home. He is clearly a sick individual. I certainly wouldn't want him in my street, town, or state and would kick up the biggest stink if he ever moved here.

As a general observation though, when someone is released from prison they are considered by the law to have served out their penalty and so they technically have the right to live wherever they want.

He should do the honourable thing but the problem is he doesn't think what he did was wrong. I have no sympathy for him and hope he spends the rest of his life in misery and gets a good beating at least once a week.

[DaveInOz]

In Vic 'mr baldy' is being released for a second time, the first time he re-offended within 3 weeks. :mad:
This time they have given him a satelite monitored anklet and wrist band and he is under house arrest. :eek:

BIG DEAL
If I found him living in my court or looking at my kids in a shopping centre I would go temp insane, and thats exactly what I would tell the judge at my trial. :mad:

[Rocker]

I suppose he's got to live somewhere though .

How about Macquarie Island?

Rocker

[Zed]

I'd recommend a necropolis somewhere - I'm sure the parents of australia would chip in for a plot for him, hell, i'd even dig the hole and do the deed if they wanted me to...

[craigb]

How about Macquarie Island?

Rocker

Is that in Tassie? Where they used to send the worst of the worst convicts?

Sure why not.

I think that Darren got to the crux of the problem though when he pointed out that this piece of low life has actually served his sentence.

I don't think that there is an easy answer to this one.

I don't have kids, but I wouldn't want a piece of scum like that in my suburb either.

[silentC]

I just heard on the radio that he has been driven out of a town in QLD. Didn't get the details, just caught the headline.

[silentC]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...2/s1294199.htm

[Wood Borer]

Perhaps he should be tested with the people who claim they reform these people. In other words, let him babysit the judge's kids or the psychologist's kids whilst he lives in their house.

If he is so safe, there should be no problems.

I don't think these types are being reformed or are capable of being reformed. There are plenty of examples to support this argument.

Perhaps we need to consider what to do with the "reformed" if we don't want them in our neighbourhoods.

Can the head shrinks help us identify others with similar problems and suggest a way of avoiding future molestings? They seem to spend their energy pleading to the courts to let these people off lightly.

Zed's suggestion would certainly stop the individual causing further grief but would it stop potential child molesters?

[silentC]

I think if the humanitarians and civil libertarians get their way on this one, pretty soon you'll see gag orders on the media that stop them from showing the faces and disclosing the whereabouts of these "people".

The thing is. you could have one of them living next door now and not know it. This guy has a pretty high profile and his face is well known but there are hundreds of convicted and released rock spiders around and you wouldn't know them if you saw them in the street. Only the most notorious make it into the spotlight. Some sort of rock spider detector would be good.

The best defence is vigilance backed up by a baseball bat.

[Zed]

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Yesterday was the 24th anniversary of the infamous underarm bowling incident.

just thought you'd like to know - chook man's new avitar reminded me....

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[TassieKiwi]

How about Macquarie Island?

Rocker

Maybe you're thinking of Sarah Is. And no, NIMBY niver!:mad:

[HappyHammer]

He'd get the mesaage he wasn't wanted pretty quickly if he moved anywhere near me, I agree with SC should lock him up and throw away the key.

HH.