UK - Lecturer whose drugs cache killed teenager faces 'burden for life'

[edgarshade]

Guardian

Caroline Davies
Friday 2 December 2011 20.54 GMT

A judge has told a university lecturer that he will be burdened for life with the death of a girl who took ecstasy at a party at his home.

Isobel Jones-Reilly, 15, died in April after she and other teenagers found class A drugs at the west London home of Brian Dodgeon, 61, a research fellow at the University of London's Institute of Education.

Dodgeon, who tried to kill himself by jumping from a road bridge a week later, was sentenced at Isleworth crown court, west London, to eight months in jail, suspended for two years.

Judge Andrew McDowall told him: "The worst punishment you can have is one that will last for the rest of your conscious life – the knowledge of these drugs and your failure to keep them secure from teenage experimentation has resulted in a death. You know that and it is obviously a burden for you."

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[pkt]

Thats slightly depressing, good thing the judge reminded him of the consequences of his actions....maybe his next suicide attempt will be more successful. Tragic.

 

[Na'vi]

Thats slightly depressing, good thing the judge reminded him of the consequences of his actions....maybe his next suicide attempt will be more successful. Tragic.

That's a tad harsh. It was an unfortunate series of events but it's not like he forced the pills down her throat, pretty much the complete opposite.

 

[skillet]

I figured pkt was being sarcastic.

 

[tambourine-man]

What an awful story.

I wish him a speedy physical and mental recovery.

 

[|>R()|)!G/-\|_]

A safe keeps things safe, professor.

 

[mattnotrik]

A safe keeps things safe, professor.

How about he hid the drugs to the best he could, even advised the room was off limits and kids went in there and found his stash. What do you do everytime you go to get your weed? Go through the time locked safe into the next room, using your seven keys to open the huge door and then inserting your penis into a device to verify its small size before your weed is dispensed below.

 

[tambourine-man]

^ Where can I buy such a device?

 

[nAON]

^ give your drugs to your gf

 

[pofacedhoe]

dodgy e's. next time get mdma crystal rather than god knows what...

 

[|>R()|)!G/-\|_]

How about he hid the drugs to the best he could, even advised the room was off limits and kids went in there and found his stash. What do you do everytime you go to get your weed? Go through the time locked safe into the next room, using your seven keys to open the huge door and then inserting your penis into a device to verify its small size before your weed is dispensed below.

Oh, did the girl die from smoking his weed? Wow, talk about hyperbole...A time-locked safe...really? Only if it opens at 4:19.

Seriously though, have you ever seen a gun safe w/ a combination lock or a firesafe requiring a key? Those are what I'd expect any person w/ kids around would keep guns or potentially lethal chemicals in. That's called responsibility. Additionally, an adult telling a teenager that something is off limits is almost inviting the kid to investigate it further. Why didn't he lock the door to the room if it was off limits?
Last, my wife verifies my small penis size; not my safe.