What garbage ! The Court pointed out that Mr King had not used any coercion or violence in his relations; the alleged 'crimes' were 'committed' decades ago, and far from being 'protected', these young men were deprived of their right to consent.
most developed countries distinugish between coercive sex and borderline underage, but consesual acts. except in national moralistic britain.

oh, this is so precious... and so populist... 'mogul', 'rolls royce', 'cambridge graduate', all these 'other' people 'exploiting' The People. No, i dont buy it; i agree with this guy from paris; and why were the other charges dropped ? not so much a campaign for justice i fear as a witch-hunt to get the icaresque* jonathan king. well, now i see how the incomparable OSCAR WILDE got banged up almost exactly a century ago, indeed he only got two years for a similar case, and as the remarkably daring 1950s film starring peter finch makes clear, this too was about banging up the arrogant irish homo aristo socialist, not about justice at all. i dont want to claim that king is a similar genius; his worst crimes are the appalling songs he foisted on us, a true criminal record (ha ha) although in fairness, "Everyones Gone to the Moon" paved the way , giving pop a content designed to make people think a bit.

*(ie, like icarus, flying too high)

I'm not concerned with King's innocence or guilt since I haven't followed the trial closely and, anyway, the only people that really know what happened are those who accused him and the alleged perpetrator. What I'm worried about was the flimsy evidence that was used against him and the pathetic prosecution case. This was seen in the trial of the alleged killer of Jill Dando in which the prosecution's case hung on the fact that the guy had magazines with Dando in and a microscopic particle was found on his clothing. The evidence in both trials was tenuous and the convictions are very worrying, resembling the Winston Silcott stitch-up. This is nothing less than trial by the corporate media and mob rule. It's just more proof that if the police want to prosecute you for serious crimes, the courts and the media will back them.

I don't want to condone nonces who prey on children or those men who murder women due to some blind psychotic obsession. But the fact that a prosecution can be carried out like this and succeed beggars belief.

the bloke is a nonce, end of story. no-one should get even close to trying to potray this as a fit-up.
as for evidence what about the victims that came forward to testify against him? it's a very different case to the Dando one.

move along, nothing to see here....

I'm just glad that this turd is behind bars and out of my sight. I always thought he should go down - way before I knew about any of this - just for being an annoying little prick.

A good place to send preitors like slim bag King and anyone who aproves of him. If you feel it's ok for grown men to do this to 14 year old boys then prehaps thats what you do.

Sexual freedom is al very well, but not at the expence of others.