perth was once a safe town. i remember as a kid we'd sleep out the back on a hot night without any concerns. i don't know how we've managed to sink so far in such a short time. last week in mandurah a cowardly scumbag broke into the home of a 69 year old man in mandurah and killed him in is sleep. that's right.. he didn't even have the guts to face the old bloke awake but chose to murder him when he was at his most defenseless. it's disgraceful that we're reached the point where old age pensioners are not only attacked in their homes but attacked in their sleep. i can only hope the cops catch the animal that did this and put him away for a long time
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this story was reported in today's (21/01/09) west australian newspaper on page 13!! this demonstrates what i was saying in regards to how far we've sunk. an old man is brutally murdered in his sleep and it only rates a small mention far from the front page. disgraceful!
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The illusion has been shattered! However I am aware and have conveyed to authorities the inclination of some to do terrible things to children. Its one thing to complain about abuse of the elderly but they too were young once and at the mercy of distorted minds. Do you care about them as much? I must have missed your outrage at their predicament.
thanks for the comment... i always appreciate contributions from new people.
i presume you're referring to the charges the victim was due to face court for. if he was indeed guilty of the things he was accused of then he deserved to be punished by our justice system in accordance with the law. if he did actually abuse any children i would naturally be saddened and outraged. sadly, the truth of the matter will probably never be known.
the one fact we do know is that there is a depraved individual walking our streets who is not only capable of murdering an old man in his sleep, but has actually done so. if he's capable of this, what else do you think he's capable of?
i'm outraged at the physical, sexual or emotional abuse of anyone in our society regardless of their age, gender, race, sexual orientation, disabilities or religious beliefs. we all deserve to live in safety in our society.
Let me assure you Dave, the truth is known, not only to that mongrel but even more tragically to his young victims, yes there was more than one that this animal sexually assaulted. This animal has destroyed the innocence and trusting nature of the girls involved, so please dont refer to this animal as an aged pensioner, or an old bloke, it really sickens me. Put yourself in the fathers shoes of one of these girls, could you have sat by and waited for our pathetic justice system to deal with this animal, especially as they had released him on bail only to have him live again in the same street as you and your already abused daughter. I dont know who murdered this animal but I do know he got what he deserved. May this animal rot in hell for eternity.
well why didn't you say so. let's just do away with the justice system altogether and let everyone sort out their differences in any way they see fit. someone does something that wouldn't normally attract the death penalty? that's ok, just break into their home and murder them in their sleep. just hope you don't piss off someone who decides they're justified in killing you hey?
yeah, of course i'm being sarcastic but defending a murderer makes no sense to me. i only have your word that the old fella did what he was accused of and i'm afraid that, as i don't know you from a bar of soap, your word really doesn't mean much - no offense intended but i'm just being honest. if he'd gone to court and the facts of the case been examined and he'd be found guilty, that would be different: but he didn't. our justice system is thankfully still mostly based on the principle of 'innocent until proven guilty' and his guilt has never been proved. i'm not defending the old bloke because IF he was guilty i'd have wanted to see him locked up for a long time - i'm just saying that murdering an old man in his sleep is never acceptable. i'm sorry if my referring to him as an old bloke or aged pensioner sickens or offends you but both descriptions are factual so i'm not sure of what your argument against them is.
finally, you've not said what you think should happen to the murderer. do you think he should just be allowed to walk free? or do you think he should be arrested and face the consequences of his actions? after all, the point of my original post was about the murder of the old fella, not about what he was accused of because i don't know if he was guilty or not but i do know some coward broke into his house and murdered him in his sleep.
No, you don't know me from the proverbial bar of soap. Believe it or not I am someone that believes in justice (even though a lot of the time our courts can be so unbelievably lenient in some cases).
There are always things that the media doesn't know, which cant be spoken of here either, but he was guilty.
One of your comments was that "we all deserve to live in safety in our society". I agree wholeheartedly with this, although most sadly for these girls this was cruelly taken away from them.
My argument, as you put it, for this animal to be referred to as someone that appears to be an innocent old man just sickens me, really it does. An aged pensioner, or an old bloke in my eyes is someones beloved grandfather, or grandfather figure. Not an animal like this.
As for the who ever murdered him, as I said before, I believe in justice, obviously they need to be charged. However, if they were doing what they thought they could do to protect anyone involved now or for the futures sake of more innocent girls, I don't feel jail time is the answer. As I said, put yourself in one of the fathers shoes.... would you have sat by (not to say you would have handled things the same way, and also not to say that who ever has done this is one of the fathers) and waited patiently for our justice system to yet again work their lenient magic. As it was, he was back living in the same street, just meters from some of his victims homes.
To begin with, where is the justice in that. These girls have to live the rest of their lives with what he has done. They have so many issues to work through, some they may never get through.
No, this animal didn't get his day in court, but neither again will he ever be able to wander the streets looking for more innocent girls to sexually abuse.
well i guess what we have in common is that we both want justice - we just have different ideas of what's an appropriate form of justice.
as for the murderer, i doubt we'll ever find common ground. as far as i'm concerned, anyone who is capable of killing another person has something seriously wrong with them that makes them a danger to society. i hope the cops catch the animal that committed the crime, that he goes on trial and that he's gaoled for a long time. sadly, it probably won't happen.
or maybe another vigilante will find out who he is and knock him off. wouldn't that be ironic!!
but seriously, as far as i'm concerned, the only possible excuse for killing another person is if it's in self defense ie. it's his life or yours. this case clearly doesn't fit that so in my view the killer must be gaoled.
thanks again for the comments. i appreciate the input.
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