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Denise Fergus: "Unmask my son's killers!"

  • 14-04-2011 09:50AM
    #1
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭


    Denise Fergus in an exclusive in the Sun newspaper has asked the authorities in Britain to: "Unmask my son’s killers" and that she has never received Justice

    TheSun

    What would happen if they did reveal their identities? Do you think she has a right to ask for this??


Comments

  • #2
    The_Minister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭The_Minister


    "They both lived the life of Riley in a children's home..."

    That's where I stopped.


  • #3
    thebigbiffo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,941 ✭✭✭thebigbiffo


    burn them, hang them etc etc


  • #4
    baldbear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,655 ✭✭✭baldbear


    I stopped at The Sun...


  • #5
    Sykk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    Gnobe wrote: »

    thesun.co.uk
    thesun.co.uk
    thesun.co.uk
    thesun.co.uk

    .....


  • #6
    PeakOutput
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,638 ✭✭✭PeakOutput


    God I ****ing despise tabloids


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  • #7
    reprazant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭reprazant


    Gnobe wrote: »
    What would happen if they did reveal their identities? Do you think she has a right to ask for this??

    Vigilante gangs would kill them both which is exactly what she wants.

    While I don't blame her for thinking like that, I am glad that the law does not bend to the power of the mob.


  • #8
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭Guill


    Memories of arms washing ashore spring to mind....


  • #9
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,893 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    This is a highly emotive issue that I don't really see getting sensible discussion in AH. If you post this in Legal Discussion you might get a few replies from people in the legal profession who will discuss this with you from a children & crime/crime & punishment/criminology point of view.


  • #10
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Gnobe wrote: »
    Denise Fergus in an exclusive in the Sun newspaper has asked the authorities in Britain to: "Unmask my son’s killers" and that she has never received Justice

    TheSun

    What would happen if they did reveal their identities? Do you think she has a right to ask for this??

    As she's a woman obviously permanently marked by what happened to her, its not suprising. What I find perturbing is the amount willing to assist her in a campaign of vengenace that will never have a positive outcome and keeps her locked in a permenent spiral of bitterness and frustration.


  • #11
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    What has the fact that she's a woman got to do with it?


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  • #12
    whiteonion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 837 ✭✭✭whiteonion


    She has a right to know who the killers are. So what if they end up dead afterwards? Society should not protect murderers.


  • #13
    Da Shins Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    While I do have sympathy for the woman, she needs to stop this and let the law handle it. Like someone said before, if their identities were revealed they'd be strung up, and I for one am glad that the law is not submitting to her. Vigilantism doesn't work and she should stop running to tabloids and trying to evoke sympathy from everyone in an attempt to get what she wants. The law has a way of dealing with people OBJECTIVELY, that is why we don't allow victims and relatives of victims hand out punishments.


  • #14
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    What has the fact that she's a woman got to do with it?

    If she were a he I would have said "As he's a man....etc". Its of no significance.


  • #15
    whiteonion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 837 ✭✭✭whiteonion


    Da Shins Kelly wrote: »
    While I do have sympathy for the woman, she needs to stop this and let the law handle it. Like someone said before, if their identities were revealed they'd be strung up, and I for one am glad that the law is not submitting to her. Vigilantism doesn't work and she should stop running to tabloids and trying to evoke sympathy from everyone in an attempt to get what she wants. The law has a way of dealing with people OBJECTIVELY, that is why we don't allow victims and relatives of victims hand out punishments.

    Private justice would be preferable in many cases since the courts are not harsh enough.


  • #16
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    If one had to give an example of pure evil, I think the murder of that wee lad personifies it. The fact that such barbarity was carried out by two children, makes it all the more chilling and disturbing. The premeditation involved in leading a wee toddler to isolated railway tracks and inflicting a savagely cruel torturous death on him is beyond words.

    Such twisted minds are beyond help and beyond compassion. The privileges they have received disgust me because they deserve nothing. The most they should be offered is life in prison. But if karma caught up with them and they suffered a similar agonising fate as their victim did. I somehow suspect it would bring a lot of closure and satisfaction to Jamie's mother.


  • #17
    spider guardian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 884 ✭✭✭spider guardian


    they should be ripped to pieces and buried (somewhat) alive


  • #18
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    ....and we're off....


  • #19
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Nodin wrote: »
    If she were a he I would have said "As he's a man....etc". Its of no significance.

    Sorry Nodin, my mistake.
    I misread your post as "as she's a woman, she's obviously been...."


  • #20
    Da Shins Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    Corvus Maximus wrote: »
    If one had to give an example of pure evil, I think the murder of that wee lad personifies it. The fact that such barbarity was carried out by two children, makes it all the more chilling and disturbing. The premeditation involved in leading a wee toddler to isolated railway tracks and inflicting a savagely cruel torturous death on him is beyond words.

    Such twisted minds are beyond help and beyond compassion. The privileges they have received disgust me because they deserve nothing. The most they should be offered is life in prison. But if karma caught up with them and they suffered a similar agonising fate as their victim did. I somehow suspect it would bring a lot of closure and satisfaction to Jamie's mother.

    To be honest, the fact that a lot of people use the murder of a toddler to revel in their own bloodlust disturbs me even more.


  • #21
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,331 ✭✭✭RichieC


    whiteonion wrote: »
    Private justice would be preferable in many cases since the courts are not harsh enough.

    yea, the muslims think so too. they call it a sharia court.


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  • #22
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    I reckon I'd be demanding the same if in her position.


  • #23
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    Sorry Nodin, my mistake.
    I misread your post as "as she's a woman, she's obviously been...."

    Np.


  • #24
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,257 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    psni wrote: »
    This is a highly emotive issue that I don't really see getting sensible discussion in AH. If you post this in Legal Discussion you might get a few replies from people in the legal profession who will discuss this with you from a children & crime/crime & punishment/criminology point of view.
    Perfect
    thebigbiffo wrote: »
    burn them, hang them etc etc
    one
    Sykk wrote: »
    .....
    two
    spider guardian wrote: »
    they should be ripped to pieces and buried (somewhat) alive
    three
    Nodin wrote: »
    ....and we're off....
    Locked


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