Tim Parsons-
A 101-year-old man accused of a series of child sex offences told a court on Monday that he was immune to feelings.
Ralph Clarke who admitted carrying out five indecent assaults on a young boy in the 1970s said he was ”pretty immune to feelings, when asked how he felt about the charges.
”I just take everything in life as granted he said. I just asked the detective constable that came to my house who it was that had laid charges against me”, he said. Ralph Clarke told Birmingham Court that the offences that happened against a boy were ”something that happened”. He admitted 9 sexual assault charges, but denied 22 other counts of indecent assault and indecency relating to two other complainants in the case.
He admitted being known by all the children as ‘Nobby’, saying he was described by them as a monster but had done nothing to deserve being called a monster. What a joke this clown must be. He admits 9 counts of sexual assaults, yet believes he has done nothing to be seen as a monster. How father time catches up on some individuals is unbelievable. He stood there in court as fragile as a baby, yet remembers conducting five sets of indecent assaults on a boy and two on a child.
The prosecution had reminded the court that age was no barrier to guilt for a crime and its accompanying punishment. Ralph Clarke has already made history as the oldest defendant to stand trial in a British court. In his case it had to be for sexual assaults, and it wasn’t until he was way past it at 101 before he would sit before a court. Ralph Clarke will certainly die in prison once eh goes there, and he will go there. His admission to some offences and denial of others is somewhat perplexing, but this old pervert may simply be trying to limit his time in jail as much as possible.
At his age , it is barely imaginable that any complainant would have any ulterior motive for accusing him of what he has not done. Ralph Clarke says he is immune to emotions, but he better hope he is not allowed in the same vicinity of other inmates similarly immune to emotions. He may not even last the first year there alive, let alone complete his sentence. This is really one of the strangest cases going so far, and what a thorough disgrace he must be to his family and grandchildren. Who would want to identify with him and bury him when he goes?