4 March (Part 1) - Crime and Prejudice
Is
the News Shopper being selective in its reporting or simply
summarising all its Court reporting?
18 mainly local people were sent to jail in February alone. A lorry driver who
fell asleep at the wheel and killed a boy. A dangerous dog owner. An unlicenced uninsured speeding
red-light jumper on a motorbike who killed another
young boy. A gangland thief and a burglar.
Then there were two knife murderers so stupid that they killed one of their
own and another who killed a man while stealing his watch.
Six who killed an alleged “snitch” and one who killed his former
girlfriend’s new partner. An unrelated victim escaped death by stabbing when
some off duty policemen intervened and saved the day. Despite slashing the
victim with a larger knife the criminal only got eight months!
To complete the gallery there is a County Lines drug dealer and one who went
a bit further. Class A drugs and guns.
It is an unfortunate sign of the times that you can guess who did what and not be far wrong.