u/FluffyBunnyFlipFlops

Hi all. This is in England. My son, Child A, wants to go to Bike Park Wales, a downhill cycling venue in Wales. He wants to invite his very good friend, Child B, to come with us. We will be staying at an Airbnb overnight, spending the day at the park, then returning in the evening. Normally, this would be a very simple affair except that Child B mainly lives with his mum and she's a bit unhinged. She acts bizarrely whenever he does his own thing, sometimes calling the police within hours of him going somewhere with his friends. She has contacted us and lied about Child B's location, whilst asking where he is, even though he was with her. She's definitely not quite right in the head.

Child B's dad is much more normal.

We want our son to enjoy the park with his good friend. What do we do if, say, the dad says it's okay, but the mum says no? Can we take him or not?

What if she says yes and then calls the police?

It's our 8th wedding anniversary tomorrow and I've bought the missus a gift from Amazon. It's coming in an Amazon cardboard box. Do I really need to unwrap it from the box and then wrap it back up again, or can I consider the Amazon box to be the gift wrap?

For reference, we're both in our early-50s, and on our second marriage.

I was sitting in a McDonald's car park and looking at the parking sign while I ate, then it occurred to me - why are private parking companies allowed access to our personal data, i.e. who owns a car with a specific registration plate? I tried to think of other examples where private, for-profit companies can get our details from the government to make money, and I couldn't think of any.

I've seen the discussions about using tin foil and equivalents, but thermal radiator foil seemed like a really good idea on the outside of two Velux windows. Put them up last night and my son is much happier. His room is still hot because one side of his apex ceiling is south-facing, but it's much cooler in the room. Checked the temperature of the inside pane - cool. Checked the temperature of the foil on the outside - also cool. Seems to work pretty well so far.

The names are similar. The stores are similar. The products are similar. They're the same company.

This is England. Very quick rundown. Someone has been found guilty of the following crimes:

Assault a girl under 13 by touching.
Assault a girl under 13 by penetration.
Offender 18 or over engage in penetrative sexual activity with a girl 13 -15.
Cause/incite a female child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, - offender 18 or over – penetration.

I can't find an exact match with the last one (this is verbatim from the court). Are they referring to Section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003? From the point onward, I'm going to assume that this is correct.

The person has many items in the Harm category, as well as the Culpability.

Harm:

• Pregnancy or STI as a consequence of offence (arguably yes as the victim claims she had to take an abortion pill)
• Prolonged detention /sustained incident (multiple offences over a year)
• Forced/uninvited entry into victim’s home (lived in the house with her)
• (Once the offences came to light, the victim attempted suicide several times)

Culpability:

• Significant degree of planning (offences were kept secret for over a year)
• Grooming behaviour used against victim
• Abuse of trust (close familial relation)
• Deliberate isolation of victim (sort of)

Looking at the sentencing guidelines, this would put the offender in Harm category 1 and Culpability A.

I think that puts the offender at a starting point of 16 years in custody. Is that correct? Do judges generally stick to sentencing guidelines?

I understand that any responses will be opinions due to the lack of detail around the case and conviction.

EDIT: The last offence appears to be Section 8 of the SOA 2003. Still appears to be Cat 1, Culp A. Starting point is 13 years of custody.