I think I can remember these two growing up around the Victoria Way/Cherry Orchard bit of Charlton. Even back then as early teens they were out of control and always involved in something.
Reading comments about cases like this I'm thankful that if I do ever face being jailed that the sentence is handed down by a judge rather than an angry mob.
so on the balance of the reporting that you have seen and the evidence you know of ,do you think thats a fair sentence ?
I do not have all the evidence from the case and nor am I qualified in legal matters. I have to respect the judgement handed out by a judge. Any time there's a case that stirs up strong emotions in the public people will generally say "not long enough" when most of the time a judge has used precedence to sentence.
Why don't you read up a little before posting on here then?
A politely, friendly bloke went out for a drink on an August bank holiday weekend and for no reason whatsoever a thug punched him in the head and killed him.
He may not have intended to kill him but he wanted to do him damage and when you punch someone there is always this risk.
His brother is insider for murder already, his unapologetic mother (who has raised 2 murderers) was at court goading the family when the murder verdict was announced so yes I do think "it's not long enough" when you bare in mind the amount of time he will actually serve.
They sound like a scum family but his brothers crime and his mother's disgusting behaviour shouldn't have any impact on the killers sentence
I'm sorry, but this sort of thing brings out the reactionary in me.....
We appear to have the most pathetic, scumbag-friendly excuse for a legal system in the world. Stuffed to the rafters with credulous do-gooders and naïve hand wringers who consistently fail to do their job of protecting us from those who would do us harm.
Virtue duly signalled (this poor, benighted perpetrator is probably just misunderstood, right?), the victim's family will just have to deal with what is the additional insult of a laughable sentence (it's misrepresentation to say he has been sentenced to six years.....he'll be out in a fraction of that time) whilst they try and process the needless death of a loved one whom by all accounts was a really decent human being. Not that our legal eagles will be bothered - they've done the socially progressive thing, after all.
When he kills again, will the people responsible for this total failure to protect the public accept any responsibility for it?
I have to say, 6 years is far too low. He's already served part of it and will only serve 2/3rds in total. The man responsible (and his brother) are wrong un's, to put it mildly. Always were and always will be. I remember, very well, his brother's sickening attack on the Glyndon. There are those, including on here, who use terms like Lynch Mob mentality. Trust me, it was only a matter of time before both brothers committed this sort of crime and, when released, they will never change. Nasty, vicious career criminals. RIP Mr Dearlove.
Heard his mum on TV tonight saying they should introduce a one punch law like in Australia, which has a minimum of 8 years.
Just watched London news. I reckon his Mum, Joy Wright, will go on to make sure something will come out of this very sad loss. Be it the one punch law or some kind of awareness.
Horrible story. The story I posted earlier turned my stomach too. Spoke to a couple of people about the family a few months back living locally ... nothing nice obviously was said.
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We appear to have the most pathetic, scumbag-friendly excuse for a legal system in the world. Stuffed to the rafters with credulous do-gooders and naïve hand wringers who consistently fail to do their job of protecting us from those who would do us harm.
Virtue duly signalled (this poor, benighted perpetrator is probably just misunderstood, right?), the victim's family will just have to deal with what is the additional insult of a laughable sentence (it's misrepresentation to say he has been sentenced to six years.....he'll be out in a fraction of that time) whilst they try and process the needless death of a loved one whom by all accounts was a really decent human being. Not that our legal eagles will be bothered - they've done the socially progressive thing, after all.
When he kills again, will the people responsible for this total failure to protect the public accept any responsibility for it?
Will they f***.
The man responsible (and his brother) are wrong un's, to put it mildly. Always were and always will be.
I remember, very well, his brother's sickening attack on the Glyndon.
There are those, including on here, who use terms like Lynch Mob mentality.
Trust me, it was only a matter of time before both brothers committed this sort of crime and, when released, they will never change.
Nasty, vicious career criminals.
RIP Mr Dearlove.
It really is obscene that you can punch someone so hard you kill them instantly and get six years.
Evidence suggests he did not intend to kill, so the sentence will reflect this.
We only have prison space for about 80,000 and I reckon judges bear this in mind when deliberating.
Horrible story. The story I posted earlier turned my stomach too. Spoke to a couple of people about the family a few months back living locally ... nothing nice obviously was said.
Heart goes out to all those affected.