Ford boss jailed for molesting female staff

[camshafted]

A Ford car boss branded a ”serial groper” by a judge after he molested four female workers has been jailed for two years.

http://swns.com/pervert-ford-boss-jailed-for-moles...

I wouldn't buy a car from someone who:

a)Looked like this man
b)Had the nickname 'Octopus Hands'

[Digga]

It's a sad fact that in the face of the wall of legislation that employers have to contend with, the volume of nonsense laws, tends to drown out the impact of other, very sensible ones - demeaning them by association. Harrasment laws are there for sound erasons and it's a shame they have to comepte for the attention (of certain employers) with other more nutty PC concepts.

ETA, it's encouraging to see the law being upheld in this way.

Edited by Digga on Monday 4th October 15:27

[anonymous-user]

Was going to get my 220 off them ,chatted to him on MSN but they couldn't get the price down. Thought they got through a few staff!!!

[OllieC]

That seems a harsh sentence. Im not defending his behaviour for a second, but you seem to get much more lenient sentences for burglary, assault etc etc

[Digga]

I imagine there are more than a few male friends and relatives of the victims who'd happily fashion him a new hat from his own arse for what he's done.

He's perhaps lucky to be behind bars now. Might even be on the receiving end for a change.

[freecar]

OllieC said:

That seems a harsh sentence. Im not defending his behaviour for a second, but you seem to get much more lenient sentences for burglary, assault etc etc

Time to up the punishment for those as well. They are all crimes against somebody so should have sufficiently severe sentences.

[anonymous-user]

Well he's off the meet the staff page!!

[Kermit power]

I can't help thinking that Ford's legal people are going to be going apoplectic at that headline!

In terms of corporate smears, there's surely a big difference between "Ford boss is pervert" and "Ford Dealership owner is pervert"? At least it you're Ford, anyway!

[anonymous-user]

Kermit power said:

I can't help thinking that Ford's legal people are going to be going apoplectic at that headline!

In terms of corporate smears, there's surely a big difference between "Ford boss is pervert" and "Ford Dealership owner is pervert"? At least it you're Ford, anyway!

Quite.

[Digga]

freecar said:

OllieC said:

That seems a harsh sentence. Im not defending his behaviour for a second, but you seem to get much more lenient sentences for burglary, assault etc etc

Time to up the punishment for those as well. They are all crimes against somebody so should have sufficiently severe sentences.

+1

Psychologically, especially considering that this guys victims may well have been in their first jobs, he could have caused a lot of damage and I think the sentence reflects this.

Being burgled, well there's many different shades of that - at knifepoint (okay so then that bit's assault) or whislt your out, losing cherished and irreplacable stuff, or losing stuff you're pleased to update. It must cover a wider spectrum of emotions for victims and is harder to generalise.

Assault, well IMHO that should be punished far more seriously than currently seems to be the norm. Friends on the force are exasperated by the numbers of recidivists who rack up numerous lenient 'minor' assault sentences (for no clear benefit to anyone, especially the victim) only to be finally put away for longer once the inevetable serious incident is convicted.

[ShadownINja]

Maybe he was just taking Ford's slogan to heart. ("Ford. Feel the difference.")

[Digga]

ShadownINja said:

Maybe he was just taking Ford's slogan to heart. ("Ford. Feel the difference.")

Wey hey!

Edited by Digga on Monday 4th October 16:07

[OllieC]

Digga said:

freecar said:

OllieC said:

That seems a harsh sentence. Im not defending his behaviour for a second, but you seem to get much more lenient sentences for burglary, assault etc etc

Time to up the punishment for those as well. They are all crimes against somebody so should have sufficiently severe sentences.

+1

Psychologically, especially considering that this guys victims may well have been in their first jobs, he could have caused a lot of damage and I think the sentence reflects this.

Being burgled, well there's many different shades of that - at knifepoint (okay so then that bit's assault) or whislt your out, losing cherished and irreplacable stuff, or losing stuff you're pleased to update. It must cover a wider spectrum of emotions for victims and is harder to generalise.

Assault, well IMHO that should be punished far more seriously than currently seems to be the norm. Friends on the force are exasperated by the numbers of recidivists who rack up numerous lenient 'minor' assault sentences (for no clear benefit to anyone, especially the victim) only to be finally put away for longer once the inevetable serious incident is convicted.

Yep I agree with all of what you have said