is hanging to good for these b******ds

[VINNY100_2]

Mary-Ann Leneghan, 16, was stabbed to death in Prospect Park, Reading, Berks, in the early hours of Saturday.

Her 18-year-old friend is seriously ill after being subjected to a violent sexual ordeal by up to six men.

This has left me stunned and Angry and feeling very sad for their poor familys,I dont know if these are the right words to express my feelings.But i just feel hadred for the scum who did this.But right now I would quite happliy pull the lever that would hang those who are guilty.your thoughts please!!

[Philtaz]

Not even going to bother getting started on this one after all the recent threads smilar to this for fear of being pilloried by the loony lefties! 

My feelings are well known, let's leave it at that.

[gerry]

After reading about this story in 1 of the Newspapers today i was shocked to read what lead up to this poor girl being mudered & what happened to her friend.Personally these men are animals & if we still had the death peanalty in this country they would deserve it.If all of these men don't get life then it will just show how bad the criminal system in the UK is.

[netibiza]

Am horriified at such brutality - these men were out to do evil - how can one guard against that??  Yes kill them. All parents will grieve for the poor families.

[Wispy68]

If it can be proven without any doubt, hang them.

[jno]

um, is it ok if we wait for a trial and stuff? Seems to me we've so far heard only one side of the story and not all of that.

[jno]

er, sorry to be a loony leftie, Philtaz...

[netibiza]

jno -  we are talking about the real killers - after all - someone did it.

[jno]

They did, but I first want to be sure that anyone who's arrested is the right one or ones. The main reason the death penalty was abolished was that it became apparent that innocent people had been executed.  Since then, innocent people have still been found guilty, but at least they remain alive to have their names cleared.

And then I still want to hear their side of the story. The judge will say the same.

[mystress]

Just what are girls this age DOING in a park,at this time of night!?

[netibiza]

Girls will be girls and whatever they were doing, they did not deserve this.  This is why we warn our daughters, but unfortunately they still do it.

[VINNY100_2]

jno,this girl was murdered!!And the second girl was left for dead.

[jakesi]

The girls where 16 amd 18 so nothing illegal about being in a pub, they where drugged up by the gang so they had no choice about where they would end up that night, and with all the DNA technology around today surely when they can find the killers, and prove it was them, then, yes hang em high.

[Dom Tuk]

Just imagine this scenario.....girl nearly killed. brutal assault over a period of hours. Friend raped and murdered. police interview girl. arrests made after interview. So obviously one arrest lead to other. Culprits released on bail.......!!!

[libertie]

Sorry, but one side of the story and what were they DOING in a park at this time of night, from what I read they were abducted around 10.00pm......hardly the dead of night for a 16 & 18 yr old - these comments imply that they deserved what happened!!

Hope they find those responsible and punish them as they deserve, as a mother and grandmother I can't even begin to imagine what the girls and there families have gone through. Sincerely hope that the the 18yr old recovers, and deepest sympathy to the dead girls family and friends. What an appaling thing to happen to ANYONE!

[Ducati]

No, not in favour of the death penalty. Far from being a hand wringing bleeding heart however, I am in favour of banging them up for the rest of their natural life and them living a life of abject misery and hell - solitary all the way, stale bread and stagnant water (just enough to keep them alive), dark damp 4 by 4 cells and wallowing in their own filth. No 'luxuries' whatsoever - sickens me to think that Huntley, Whiting etc... have TVs in their rooms (not cells), 3 squares a day, access to a gym, books etc etc etc....

[Ouisch]

Sort of off-topic, but also in the category of "is hanging too good", take a minute to read about the Wichita Massacre:

http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/carr_brothers/

 

This is a crime that got very little publicity outside of Kansas (I only read about it online after the fact), and, under other circumstances, might have qualified as a hate crime.  Whatever you call it, just another example of how depraved humanity can sometimes be.

[libertie]

Apologies VINNY, I didn't really answer your question *Is hanging to good for these b******s* yes it most definately is!

[Mowbray]

I think that hanging or any death penalty is the easy way out.  They should be made to work very hard for the rest of their lives.  They need to live with the facts of what they've done.

[natalie_1982]

I agree with Ducati.  I think hanging is too good for them.  At the end of the day the survivor and Mary-Ann's family will suffer for the rest of their lives and I think that the abusers/ killer should be forced to as well.

I do think that it is a very odd case though, it has made me think of lots of questions i.e. why didn't the b&b owners question the fact the 8 people were sharing a room (and one of them a young girl)? Didn't the girls make any noise throughout the ordeal (ok they were drugged but for 6 hours?)? Didn't the guest house owners hear anything?  The B&B was  in a red light district - where there were no police on patrol?  And nobody thought anything suspicious about 8 people in one car?

Also, 5 men have been released on bail, the 18 year old is helping the police but we have not had one description yet (as far as I am aware).  I mean, are the men black or white?  Did they have accents?  Any names?  Was the car hatchback or saloon?

I'm not sure the case is so cut and dried that a man will be hung and we know for absolute certain that he/ she was resonsible.

[VINNY100_2]

Everytime it comes on the news  the story gets worse if thats possible .I think of my daughter,She's just coming up to 16 next month,And it sends a shiver down my back thinking of her in the same position.Ducati thats an interesting alternative,but hanging would be rid of these scum forever.A life for a life!! Libertie yes i know what you mean.god knows what the news will say lunchtime.I just hope they catch them soon very soon.