Jailed for 20 years yesterday, she was a wicked, greedy and depraved criminal that no childhood troubles can excuse, says documentary film-maker Dorothy Byrne
when Maxwell lured her away off the street to a life of hideous abuse. Now that is definitely an unhappy childhood.
But as you read this, you are probably thinking of people you know who suffered some of those childhood experiences: the death of a sibling, a tyrannical father. A whole class of British people were sent to boarding schools. And a whole other class of British people never got left any money by their parents. Did they spend years procuring children for a rapist?of her background that “it made her vulnerable to Epstein”.
If we believe in equality, we have to treat male and female sexual predators equally. Why should we assume that the woman is not responsible for her own actions and the man is the person really to blame for her crimes? I lead a women’s college at Cambridge. I am a feminist. I believe women can be as good as men – and as bad as men.
My favourite section of the mitigation statement makes the point that later in life, Ghislaine set up a charity to save the oceans. It’s great to know she really cared about fish. Sadly, the oceans will not have the benefit of her altruism during her 20 years in jail. I think we can live with that.
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