Re: Guilty at last : Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:48 am  

Mintball wrote:

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That would look like it was painted, I suspect, less by Dalí and more by Pollock.

Can it be pure co-incidence that we have, on these very boards, the posters Dallí, and the above Píllock?

Re: Guilty at last : Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:11 pm  

Re: Guilty at last : Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:21 pm  

14 and 15 years respectively according to BBC ticker.

[Durham Giant]

Re: Guilty at last : Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:24 pm  

I have to say that they will have a difficult time in prison. They will be targetted something rotten

Re: Guilty at last : Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:34 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

I have to say that they will have a difficult time in prison. They will be targetted something rotten

Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

Re: Guilty at last : Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:16 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

14 and 15 years respectively according to BBC ticker.

Those have been given as the minimum each will serve.

Re: Guilty at last : Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:35 pm  

Very pleased with those sentances, about time we had a judge who had the balls to impose such sentances, but, are we any wiser as to who actually knifed Stephen Lawrence?

Next case up...Winston Silcott

Re: Guilty at last : Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:39 pm  

Live Wired wrote: Very pleased with those sentances, about time we had a judge who had the balls to impose such sentances, but, are we any wiser as to who actually knifed Stephen Lawrence? No. The judge made clear, in his sentencing today, that the two who have been sentenced know who did it, knew that someone had a knife, did nothing about that (in other words, "approved" of it) and have subsequently refused to tell the truth of what went on and, in Dobson's case (IIRC) actually lied to help cover up the truth. Live Wired wrote: Next case up...Winston Silcott I'll bite. What will that be for? Are you going to respond to this, by the way?

Live Wired wrote: Very pleased with those sentances, about time we had a judge who had the balls to impose such sentances, but, are we any wiser as to who actually knifed Stephen Lawrence? No. The judge made clear, in his sentencing today, that the two who have been sentenced know who did it, knew that someone had a knife, did nothing about that (in other words, "approved" of it) and have subsequently refused to tell the truth of what went on and, in Dobson's case (IIRC) actually lied to help cover up the truth. Live Wired wrote: Next case up...Winston Silcott I'll bite. What will that be for? Are you going to respond to this, by the way?

Re: Guilty at last : Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:49 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

14 and 15 years respectively according to BBC ticker.

Longer than I anticipated, given the restrictions on length of sentencing due to age at the time etc. Those sentences are probably on a par with "normal" murder sentences, and as such are certainly longer than I expected.

They're gonna find life difficult inside, wherever they go. Doubtless they'll end up in VPU but I doubt they'll be safe even there. I wonder if the little birds will now start to sing?

Re: Guilty at last : Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:56 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Chris28 wrote:

14 and 15 years respectively according to BBC ticker.

They're gonna find life difficult inside, wherever they go. Doubtless they'll end up in VPU but I doubt they'll be safe even there. I wonder if the little birds will now start to sing?

Especially given the disproportionate number of black inmates.