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Looks like the people have had enough.
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It was fit to go to the jury, as questions of fact, and they acquitted. Nothing new in that. 40 years ago I saw someone acquitted, by a jury, of s18 when he'd shot a mere intruder in his scrapyard. A few weeks ago a man was not, I think, even prosecuted when he fatally stabbed an intruder. A few years ago an employee in a gun shop shot dead one of two men who were threatening the proprietor. He wasn't charged .
The law hasn't changed,it's just there's an obsession in the popular press with such cases lately.
The law hasn't changed,it's just there's an obsession in the popular press with such cases lately.
In other countries around the world thieves and burglars are usually given a beating by the victim as well as friends,family members in fact everyone in the viscinity as well as random passing bystanders before the police turn up and join in before catring off the screaming criminal to some good ole fashion torture and then to a hellhole prison.
I can guarantee that cockiness and general yobbiness are down to almost zero compared to us.
We maybe a modern society but maybe we could benefit from taking the way we deal with criminals back to the medieval times?
I can guarantee that cockiness and general yobbiness are down to almost zero compared to us.
We maybe a modern society but maybe we could benefit from taking the way we deal with criminals back to the medieval times?
The Law Reform Commission here in Ireland has proposed a law that would allow people defend their home and family with lethal force, removing the need to retreat first. Hope it comes to pass
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1214/justice.html
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1214/justice.html
This case is doubly tragic.
Tragic because David Fullard has spent the last 9 months of his life wondering if he's going to be found guilty of a serious offence when all he was doing was defending himself and his family.
And tragic because the two offenders have received shamefully lenient sentences... “Severs, 22, and Michael Smith, 19, escaped with a suspended prison sentence and 100 hours of community work after admitting affray at the court.”
Disgraceful. Particularly considering that Susan Neal (David's partner) claimed that, “They threatened to rape me, burn the house down, kill the kids and kill Dave.'
At the very minimum, you have these offences:
Threats to kill (Offences Against The Person Act 1861) – Max. 10 years imprisonment.
Threats to Destroy or Damage Property (Criminal Damage Act 1971) – Max. 10 years imprisonment.
And they get suspended sentences and a few hours community service? Wow. That'll teach em....
On the plus side, did anyone else find it funny that the guy who was stuck with the sword was called 'Severs'?
Tragic because David Fullard has spent the last 9 months of his life wondering if he's going to be found guilty of a serious offence when all he was doing was defending himself and his family.
And tragic because the two offenders have received shamefully lenient sentences... “Severs, 22, and Michael Smith, 19, escaped with a suspended prison sentence and 100 hours of community work after admitting affray at the court.”
Disgraceful. Particularly considering that Susan Neal (David's partner) claimed that, “They threatened to rape me, burn the house down, kill the kids and kill Dave.'
At the very minimum, you have these offences:
Threats to kill (Offences Against The Person Act 1861) – Max. 10 years imprisonment.
Threats to Destroy or Damage Property (Criminal Damage Act 1971) – Max. 10 years imprisonment.
And they get suspended sentences and a few hours community service? Wow. That'll teach em....
On the plus side, did anyone else find it funny that the guy who was stuck with the sword was called 'Severs'?
Dunno about you Daffy, but I wouldn't know the name of the specific sword, and would it really matter? To me, a sword is a sword, is a sword...
Shocking that these two "people" and I do use the term lightly got such a lenient sentance, perhaps the judge will hang his head in shame when the pair of them really do kill someone on their next drugged up rampage?
Shocking that these two "people" and I do use the term lightly got such a lenient sentance, perhaps the judge will hang his head in shame when the pair of them really do kill someone on their next drugged up rampage?
