This Old Chap Is A Convicted Paedophile Who Has Served Time For His Crimes. Did He Deserve This?

[sandyRoe]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25772869

[Svejk]

No,of course not,Sandy. Are people assuming its a 'punishment' shooting connected to his paedophilia?

[Quoi]

Good question - I have a problem with saying he deserves it but if it was one of my kids.....

[RATTER15]

I imagine not but we don't know why he was shot.

[sandyRoe]

There seems little doubt that it was. There was a fatal stabbing of another elderly man in the same area a while back. It was believed then that the attacker thought the victim was a paedophile. He wasn't. The killer had attacked the wrong man.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/pensioner-blasted-in-chest-by-gunman-in-ballycastle-is-a-child-rapist-29927781.html

[joggerjayne]

The law prescribes particular punishments for particular offences. We shouldn't condone other people taking things into their own hands.

[ummmm]

Of course no one has the right to take the law into their hands and dish out their own punishment.

[jno]

mob rule? Paediatricians beware.

[emmie]

no one does, but if it was your child, you don't know how you would react.

[Baldric]

//The former Church of Ireland sexton pleaded guilty//

No surprises there then!

[Peter Pedant]

where does it say he's a peedie ?

Down the road in Manc (Harpurhey) they kicked the wrong man to death for being a peed. One said she felt 'awful' that the wrong guy was dead - but is still doing well deserved time. Manslaughter they all got around 4 y.

Recently they kicked and burnt someone - another Liberal community Cardiff I think.

so no I dont think he shold have been shot....

[Peter Pedant]

Yeah jno Cardiff holds the record for burning down a paediatrician's house

Poor Dr Cloete ('clooty') hared back to Sarth Efrica where she said she felt safer.

[RATTER15]

emmie, It happened to my own child, I do know how I reacted. I wanted to kill the guy but I wouldn't have done it. He was Ex CID/flying squad and dissapeared to New Zealand a couple of days after being found out.

[sara3]

it doesn't say he was a paedophile. how do you know that?

[ummmm]

I'm guessing with Sandy being in NI he knows the original story.

[sandyRoe]

A bit more about his past here

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/pensioner-blasted-in-chest-by-gunman-in-ballycastle-is-a-child-rapist-29927781.html

[ummmm]

I find it very hard to be sympathetic...

[joeluke]

Zero sympathy for him

100% sympathy for his young victims

[Ric.ror]

Sorry very little sympathy at all