Murderer of model gets life

[daffy654]

The man who was found guilty of murdereing model Sally Anne Bowman has been given life with a minimum of 34 years. I think the sentence is a good thing but I can see an appeal coming soon.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7254 628.stm

Hopefully more judges will start passing these sort of sentences!

[Twenty20]

this was the one whose defence was that he had sex with a corpse?

[weeal]

That case almost had me in tears when I heard what he claimed he had done, belter of a sentence, shame someone had to be his victim, hope he suffers greatly for the rest of his life.

[Ice.Maiden]

Being as though the punishment can't be harsher, I still think that 34 years should MEAN 34 years, although the nature of his crime probably means that he'll have a rough time of it in prison. Hope so.

[I.Don No]

IMHO if someone is convicted of murder then 34 years is not a long enough sentence - unless the prisoner dies after 33!

If you take a life then your own life should be forfeit, but as no system can be foolproof then the rest of your life should be behind bars. I mean that literally....no contact of any kind with any other prisoner, no nothing...well maybe a bit of bread and water every now and again.

Jack Straw has completely lost his marbles in advising less custodial sentences for violent crimes....supposedly because the prisons are overcrowded. Again IMHO new prisons do not need to be built, just refit the present ones to provide more cells in the association areas, tv areas, pool table areas etc. Prison should be a place that no-one wants to return to, ever!

[weeal]

I.Don No

I think I like you lol
most sensible answer I have read in yonks

[sp1214]

That poor girl would be alive today if the Australians had got a grip on his past offences instead of deporting him back to the UK for us to clear up the mess.

[123everton]

In the absence of a death penalty then life should mean life.
But that does mean you have to feed them etc.
I agree prisons need reforming but good prisons don't come cheap and I don't agree with state sponsored torture. The screws and the cons will sort that out amongst themselves.

[starrs]

He is one sick b-a-s-t-a-r-d.

What makes you think he will appeal?

[ELVIS68]

I can`t believe he came up with the alibi of why his DNA was on her was that he saw her lying there so he had sex with her, that alone is worth hanging the dirty bastad

[icantdecide]

why doesnt life meen life?
34 years is a long time
but shouldnt he spend the rest of his life in prison?

should we have the death penalty?

[littleoldme]

Of all the arguments both for and against the death penalty, for me the most appealing one against it is that once executed, the criminal's ordeal is over. Call me vindictive, but I quite like the idea of a lowlife scumbag like this facing year after year after year in jail, always looking over his shoulder for fear of attack.

I'm not naive or gullible enough to believe the right-wing press claptrap about all our prisons being holiday camps. Prison for someone who commits a crime as brutal and well-publicised as this will be a waking nightmare. Long may it continue to be so.