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The Victorian government is facing demands to review sentencing policies after a father who sexually abused his five-year-old daughter was given a minimum jail term of just two and half years, with the judge accepting that his transition to being a woman reduced his “moral culpability”.
Ms Allan has refused to make any public comment about Maloney, who was arrested after he agreed to become the “slave” of American pedophile Sam Booth, and molest his daughter on camera for the sexual gratification of his “master”.
Women’s groups have slammed the “extraordinary leniency” granted to Maloney by Victorian County Court judge Nola Karapanagiotidis, who accepted when sentencing him that “given Booth’s manipulation and coercion, and your vulnerabilities, you were much less able to make objectively the right and healthy choices”.
Judge Karapanagiotidis also took into consideration that “you will face additional hardship in prison as a relatively young trans woman and that you will struggle considerably, more so with prison life than the average inmate”.
The judge noted that Dr Darjee considered Maloney was “highly unlikely to commit a further sexual offence, unless she finds herself in a similar situation, being pressured or coerced by a man”.
The Australian asked Ms Allan whether she would review sentencing guidelines in claims by sex offenders that their “moral culpability” may be reduced by reason of their gender transition.
Source: ‘Extraordinary leniency’: Outrage over trans pedophile’s 2½-year sentence