A feeling of great sadness has settled over our family as it transpires that the body found yesterday was that of a teenage boy known to a number of my grandchildren.

The death of anyone is a sad thing. But to think that a young boy had reached the point, where he would feel he had no other alternative than to take his own life, is even more so.

My thoughts are with his friends and family.

Well now. At long last some good news and a sensible housing solution. Making use of the wasteland that has blighted the entrance to Portsmouth for so many years.

Proper, right minded, investment in the Portsmouth area.

Lets hope the whingers keep their mouths shut during the pain that is coming once the changes to the M275 start.
£30m Tipner junction given the go-ahead – Transport – The News.

I have family and grandchildren in the area that this pervert lives.

The magistrates ruled the case was so serious it must be heard at the crown court.

And now he is out on bail ?

I trust that there are significant restrictions on him. Too many times the legal authorities take a lenient path and we the public pay the price when it all goes wrong.
Waterlooville man charged over images – East Hampshire – The News.

I hope the authorities come down hard on this foolish child.

Not only has she wasted an enormous amount of police time but one can only guess at the stress that she has caused her friends and family.

She has also caused the whole neighbourhood to be on high alert for no good reason.

Just imagine if the police had actually found someone who matched her description of the alleged attacker. What would that do to him and his life especially if it became known in the greater community that he had become a suspect.

Then there is the disservice that she has done to real victims of such attacks. She has made it more difficult for the police to treat such incidents as credible. Always at the back of their minds, no matter how they try to think otherwise, will be the question of if the attack was real.

Silly silly girl.

Teenager arrested after Leigh Park ‘sex attack’ hunt – Law and Order – The News.

As usual, when those that have been abused by Catholic priests speak out, the Catholic church closes ranks and does what it has been doing for decades. Denies everything especially liability.

So when you see a headline like this

Waterlooville woman wins High Court case against Catholic church over sex abuse

it’s no surprise that there is an immediate response with a headline like this

Portsmouth Bishop hits out at High Court ruling in sex abuse case

The Catholic Church has done absolutely nothing to help those that were abused by the Catholic clergy but they have bent over backwards to hide and protect the abusers.

Now that the finger is actually being pointed at the church, now that the courts are saying that the church is in fact culpable, now is the time when the Catholic Church speaks out.

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth, the Rt Rev Crispian Hollis, has leapt to the defence of  Father Wilfred Baldwin, who it is alleged abused a young girl back in the 70’s.

However, solicitor Tracey Emmott said: ‘This effectively reinforces the public perception that the church doesn’t care and is once again trying to avoid responsibility.

‘I question his assertion that the legal case concluded last week involved the only allegation against a priest who he describes as being of unblemished character.

‘In fact before his death Father Baldwin was the subject of an extensive police investigation, based on allegations against him from at least three other alleged victims.’

Now a High Court Judge has ruled against the Catholic church in a row over whether it can be held responsible for sexual abuse by one of its own priests, now the Catholic Church is feeling exposed and is starting to squirm.

It’s about time the church acknowledged its responsibility for not having removed abusive priests and for not having actively supported the prosecution of abusive priests.

And most of all its about time that they acknowledged that they have let down the very people that they should have been protecting, the victims of abusive priests.