'This will show them'

[grandmoon]

PAEDOPHILE Dennis Ferguson chose to end his own life by suddenly stopping his diabetes medication, telling supporters he blamed police for making his life a living hell.

"This will show them," Australia's most notorious sex offender said in the days before he died at his Surry Hills flat, a Department of Housing property on Poplar Ave, a stone's throw from Sydney Grammar and other schools and childcare centres. His body laid undiscovered for several days before being found last Sunday.

Ferguson's biggest advocate, the Justice Action group campaigner Brett Collins, says police continuously "undermined" the 64-year-old's efforts to redeem himself and tipped off media about his whereabouts on at least two occasions.

"He said to people (when he stopped taking insulin), 'That will show them'," Mr Collins said.

"What we're saying is Dennis Ferguson was killed by the police."

[lakeland27]

 i guess he did show them in his mind. he chose when to die.. not someone else. to a self -centred person of his type he might have thought it a victory as he was in control.

one thing i do see in the discussions around the topic of paedophiles is a distinct lack of ideas in terms of finding reasonable/ effective ways of dealing with the problem. killing off the obvious standout like ferguson might feel better, but it doesn't help all the victims of abuse in the home or extended family who make up the majority of victims.

i wonder if anyone can come up with a workable ( and legal ) idea.

[azureline**]

I think...and have said before...an island home, no internet. Pick up and drop off by plane or boat. They have homes, a library, tv,  means to work, grow food, live a life without access to children. They never leave but everyone is safe from them and we don't have to picket, abuse, ostracise etc.......

[darksideofthemoon]

 ...telling supporters he blamed police for making his life a living hell.

That'd be right, still blaming others for his behaviour.  Never taking responsibility for himself... Gawd! X-(

Yes, that showed us all... what? 

[cherry*135]

They would need someone to supervise them on an island home.. not a job many would line up for.

If they had electricity on their island, the service may breakdown, electrical repair people would have to visit there.

They would have to leave the island if the needed medical/dental/hospital services.

The would need some law enforcement agency on the island. What if one of them was found murdered?

They would be ostracised if forced to live on an island, away from mainstream society.

[lakeland27]

I think...and have said before...an island home, no internet. Pick up and drop off by plane or boat. They have homes, a library, tv,  means to work, grow food, live a life without access to children. They never leave but everyone is safe from them and we don't have to picket, abuse, ostracise etc.......

something like that would work for offenders that are caught and convicted. perhaps Nauru or manus island once the refugee trade dries up.

but there is still the problem of the new guys ..the unknowns just starting to become active,and the father/uncle/ grandfather type who rely on silence and seem to get it ? the point being that only a small number would make it to the new manus island facility.. the majority would continue on unless caught.

i wonder if there is a real answer. prison , as proven in most areas of crime is not a good enough deterrent.

[vintage-star]

I 'm still amazed that he had supporters!!

I heard an interview with Ferguson, in which he stated that he had never touched a child that he didn't know!!....... ???????

...what did that mean?........ I can only guess that he meant that He hadn't abducted a child!!............ Oh !!.........well that's alright then!!.......

[*crikey*mate*]

apologies folks, I didn't realize that he had done no jail time and continued to reoffend, so part of my first post should not be there.

So, I have to ask, how did he escape jail time? What if any penalty did he receive?

[cherry*135]

He did do jail time.

freaki wrote: He did not serve jail time for all his crimes.

According to court records, Dennis Ferguson's pre-1987 criminal history contains "many convictions for false pretences, various assaults on children and indecent assaults on females".

In 1987 Ferguson was imprisoned in Long Bay Jail after being convicted on multiple fraud charges.
In July, 1987, after being released from Long Bay, Ferguson and his male lover abducted three children from Sydney and took them to Brisbane. He abused the children more than once and was found naked with the children. He was found guilty of all counts of abduction and assault of the three children and was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment with no probation. In jail he rejected rehabilitation because in order to go to the course you had to claim you were guilty. He refused.

Ferguson was released in 2003 and was forbidden to enter school grounds.

In 2003 he was found by New South Wales Police in a Parramatta Public School. A court convicted him under the NSW Child Protection Offenders Registration Act, and he was sentenced to a further 15 months' prison in the John Morony Correctional Centre. He was released in December, 2004.
The following year, in November 2005, Ferguson was charged with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl at her home in the Queensland town of Dalby.

In a rare legal move, the judge granted Ferguson a bench trial (without a jury), as it was considered Ferguson would not receive a fair trial by jury, due to the enormous amount of media coverage. The judge found that while the girl had been molested while Ferguson and fellow convicted child sexual abuser Allan Guy had been at her house, it could not be proved that Ferguson had been responsible, and that he should be released. The girl had clearly identified 'Dennis' as the perpetrator of her abuse.

Legislative changes:In September, 2009, in response to public anger at Ferguson living in the Ryde area, the Government of NSW under Premier Nathan Rees moved to introduce legislation to allow the government to evict child sex offenders from public housing. 

In response to the residents of Ryde, the government of New South Wales introduced the Dennis Ferguson Act, which allowed the government to evict child sex offenders from public housing.

However, NSW legislation, Housing NSW can only relocate a tenant on a recommendation from the NSW Police Commissioner, prompted by concern about the safety of a tenant or the community.

[*crikey*mate*]

Thanks for that A3 - I'm relieved that he did do some jail time at least, I thought for a while he had escaped without penalty somehow.

[the_hawk*]

 i guess he did show them in his mind. he chose when to die.. not someone else. to a self -centred person of his type he might have thought it a victory as he was in control.

one thing i do see in the discussions around the topic of paedophiles is a distinct lack of ideas in terms of finding reasonable/ effective ways of dealing with the problem. killing off the obvious standout like ferguson might feel better, but it doesn't help all the victims of abuse in the home or extended family who make up the majority of victims.

i wonder if anyone can come up with a workable ( and legal ) idea.

You were going really well till you used that word

"This will show them,"

I wish more would make that point and save everyone a lot of trouble