Should Being High On Cocaine Be An Excuse For This Behaviour?

[sp1814]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12583869/Sick-football-yob-says-high-cocaine-outrageously-mocked-Bradley-Lowerys-death-holding-photo-tragic-cancer-victim-match-laughing-admits-public-order-offence.html#comments

[barry1010]

If you mean should he not be punished because he was on cocaine, absolutely not.

It could explain why he thought it was a good idea

He should be charged with drug offences as well 

[Zacs-Master]

No. Losing his job and being banned from football grounds seems appropriate punishment tho. 

[ToraToraTora]

Drugs just bring out the wrong un that is already there, no excuse.

[sp1814]

barry1010

 

No - I meant "is it reasonable to use the fact that he was on coke to explain his behaviour". It seems that he usd it as a mitigating circumstance.

...which is weird. "M'lud. I can explain - I was on illegal drugs at the time".

 

Well charge him with possession too!

[ToraToraTora]

TBH it's a football supporter thing anyway, they do disgusting things, eg Arsenal make hissing sounds when they play Spurs. They are basically innadequate gutless douche bags.

[youngmafbog]

An excuse no, a reason maybe.

One thing that does worry me here is whilst what they did was despicable since when has being a scumbag been an offence?  OK, I get football ground could cause an issue by doing this but we do need to becareful that laws like this are used to shut people up.  Even people like this.

[anneasquith]

 So do we  believe he took cocaine ?

[david small]

Indicative of the decline in the moral standards of today's society? 

[Atheist]

I believe that in some cultures, at some times, alcohol or drug use was used to justify a harsher penalty for some crimes, not a mitigating circumstance.

[Peter Pedant]

...which is weird. "M'lud. I can explain - I was on illegal drugs at the time".

hasnt been a defence ( that succeeds ) for some time. 

and yes the girlie " I was at THAT time of the month" has been tried.

[Peter Pedant]

They are basically innadequate gutless douche bags.

erm a very discriminating opinion  if I might say

[bookbinder]

The drugs didn't exactly force themselves down his throat, did they?

[ladybirder]

Who made him high on cocaine?  Himself!  Absolutely no excuse whatever.

[Canary42]

///Drugs just bring out the wrong un that is already there, no excuse.///

Experience speaks.

[DTCwordfan]

No - it's just like awful/illegal behaviour when someone has had more than a bladder full of ethanol. An offence - well then prosecute, fine/other sentence as approprite to the crime/incident. 

[Ken4155]

To counter this moron's disgusting behaviour, his fellow Sheff Wed "inadequate gutless douche bags" have raised over £11K for the Btradley Lowery Foundation.

[ToraToraTora]

16:39 I have never taken any illegal drugs ever.

[Ellipsis]

> To counter this moron's disgusting behaviour, his fellow Sheff Wed "inadequate gutless douche bags" have raised over £11K for the Btradley Lowery Foundation.

Well, that's one good thing that's come out of it then. 👏 I was feeling quite miserable about it.