AOG - ///// No. ///
/// He is lucky to have been given a suspended
sentence, ///
Not sure what you are saying there, you said 'NO' was that in answer to my question "Did He Get Off Light Or What?"
Because you seem to agree that he did get off lightly, and I also agree with that. //
I didn't express myself very clearly - my thoughts are that he has got off lightly in terms of his sentence, but not in terms of the trauma of taking someone's life. As I said, it is easy to jump to the conclusion that the victim was a nasty piece of work, and the world is better without him, but to my mind, that does not balance the inevitable guilt of having killed someone.
//As already said, he had no idea of his victims past, and yes he might be a tad upset at someone taking photos of his children, but do we know that they just happened to be in the photos he was taking, or were they solely of his children? He may have been a press photographer taking random photos of the outrageously rich out enjoying themselves for example. //
A valid point. It was extreme over-reaction, but as a father of three daughters, I do understand his protective instincts, but there has to be a limit to reactionary behaviour - and beating someone to death is well beyond it.