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Post by Bismarck on Jul 12, 2010 21:37:49 GMT
So what do you think?
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Post by Stealth on Jul 16, 2010 12:26:39 GMT
Heard yesterday that the guy had actually requested psychiatric help on more than one occasion. May be he deserves a little bit of sympathy?
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Post by Desktop Hoggy on Jul 16, 2010 14:09:54 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-10641225Rather than David Cameron condemning the facebook tribute page, he should be demanding an inquiry why Moat didn't receive help when he was clearly asking for it.
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Post by Bismarck on Jul 17, 2010 17:01:17 GMT
Moat elected his own exit, it's ridiculous to blame the Police; they seemed to have done all they could to contain the situation without further harm to the public or their own force.
A lot of comment seems to suggest Moat was some kind of 'victim' because he's been in Prison and had been through a 'tough' time.
It's his treatment of his victims that put him in prison in the first place; had he stayed there, we would not be looking at the situation we are now.
I'm all for looking into the reasons why people commit offences because that helps towards identifying trends which helps to reduce crime patterns in the longer term. But let's not forget that offenders need to be punished as a deterrent, the public have a right to be protected and justice needs to be done. In this case Moat chose not to go through a trial (where he would have had an opportunity to mitigate his crimes) because he knew he was facing up to a lifetime behind bars; the brave man wasn't brave enough to accept his punishment.
The late Moat's tribute site on Facebook should be shut down forthwith.
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Post by Desktop Hoggy on Jul 18, 2010 0:47:48 GMT
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Post by arover on Jul 18, 2010 15:31:06 GMT
Moat was a mong, better off without him. We all know his type, works the doors, pumped up on steroids, thinks he's the hardest man in the world, blames the whole world for anything that goes wrong in his life.
Just another twat.
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Post by Stealth on Jul 19, 2010 16:10:40 GMT
Don't think the police have anything to answer for at all - they even tried to save his life with the tasers. I do think the prison authorities who ignored his pleas for help have something to answer for.
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Post by hallmackem on Jul 25, 2010 21:14:04 GMT
Tough one. Apparently his ex wasn't letting him see his daughter, imagine yourself in that situation...
It definitely doesn't excuse what he did, I just think its easy to see how a mentally unhinged man could end up snapping like that,
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