The segment left many watching divided
Charlie HerbertA mother was interviewed on BBC Breakfast on Wednesday morning about how she tracked down and killed the paedophile who abused her son.Sarah Sands told presenters Sally Nugent and Jon Kay how she decided to take matters into her own hands in 2014, when she stabbed Michael Pleasted to death at his flat.The mother-of-three attacked 77-year-old Pleasted, who had changed his name, after discovering he had abused her son Bradley when he was 12.
During her trial in 2015, she was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison. She was released in 2018, and on Wednesday spoke to BBC Breakfast about her story, calling for tighter restrictions on convicted sex offenders who change their names.Sarah Sands killed Michael Pleasted in 2014 after finding out he abused her son when he was 12 She said:"After the lack of support, in the five weeks leading up to that and the children having to go and testify, and they had to go to court because he pleaded not guilty, on top of everything else.
"I wasn't aware of his previous at that point, so I didn't know how bad it was until all unravelled," she added. A mother who killed a sex offender is campaigning to stop paedophiles changing their names to hide their criminal history.
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