Theres liberal and theres taking the piss

Matblack · 05-12-2006, 15:35

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6209626.stm

Two and a half years for manslaughter? Sounded more like murder to me but even so two and a half years is a piss take

MB

Fayshun · 05-12-2006, 15:37

*shakes head in disbelief*

Haly · 05-12-2006, 15:38

I read that earlier. It is disgusting :/

The other day I was reading about a school a few miles from where I grew up (Piggy's school in fact

) that got burned down by some kids, the kids got 6 years for it which I thought was a bit harsh considering no one got hurt as the buildings were empty, and the area got a nice, brand new school out of it. I said to my Mum on the phone how you get less than that for rape. Seems you get less than that for killing someone too

Will · 05-12-2006, 15:40

Man-slaughter?! What? That's such a sad and anger filling report. I'm disgusted.

leowyatt · 05-12-2006, 15:43

I'm just lost for words

Fayshun · 05-12-2006, 15:50

Does that mean he'd be eligible for parole after 15 months? Sickening.

Admiral Huddy · 05-12-2006, 15:53

it's more sickening to think there are people defending them

Jasper · 05-12-2006, 16:04

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Originally Posted by Admiral Huddy

it's more sickening to think there are people defending them

although in this case, i agree with you - everyone's entitled to defence. no-one says that these lawyers want to do it when the person they're defending is so obviously guilty, but if you were falsely accused of something equal to this, wouldn't you want defence?

having said that, this kid should've got a life sentence. clearly not manslaughter, and it's just an indication that there's something very very wrong going on in this trial. i wouldn't want to be the person who has to tell that guys kids' that he's dead, and the guy who did it practically got away with it.

Roberta · 05-12-2006, 16:16

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Originally Posted by Haly

I read that earlier. It is disgusting :/

The other day I was reading about a school a few miles from where I grew up (Piggy's school in fact

) that got burned down by some kids, the kids got 6 years for it which I thought was a bit harsh considering no one got hurt as the buildings were empty, and the area got a nice, brand new school out of it. I said to my Mum on the phone how you get less than that for rape. Seems you get less than that for killing someone too

That'd be Kai's school.

Harsh sentence but it was a bit more troublesome than just burning down a random building. Kai was off for 4 months because of it and luckily is only 14 so none of his exam work was destroyed like some of the older kids' was. Plus of course the kids weren't given anywhere else for schooling for several months which meant with both parents working as in my case Kai was left unattended during the hours I was in work. No problem for me as he's a good lad but some other kids got up to right mischief.

Haly · 05-12-2006, 16:19

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Originally Posted by Roberta

That'd be Kai's school.

Harsh sentence but it was a bit more troublesome than just burning down a random building. Kai was off for 4 months because of it and luckily is only 14 so none of his exam work was destroyed like some of the older kids' was. Plus of course the kids weren't given anywhere else for schooling for several months which meant with both parents working as in my case Kai was left unattended during the hours I was in work. No problem for me as he's a good lad but some other kids got up to right mischief.

Fair enough, I thought they'd provided other work elsewhere, only going from what the local paper was saying back then. 6 years still seems excessive imo though in comparison to other sentences.

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