Bilgeman:
“like they did that poor chap who shotgunned those two sh*tballs while they were committing their home-invasion upon him.
That poor bastid is so deep in a hole that the only way he’ll ever see the sun again is if some kindly soul tapes a postcard to a brick and tosses it down to him.”
In fact, Tony Martin, the poor bastid in question, was out in three years. Bizarre case. Jury acquitted him of attempted murder on the one he winged (but did convict him of felonious assault) yet convicted him of murder on the one he sorted out thoroughly.This from two, three shots fired in the dark. Still, perverse jury verdicts are not unknown in the US, no? FWIW huge amount of outrage at case, suggestions of jury nobbling, etc. General (not universal) opinion was that he should have been fined for possession of an unlicensed shotgun, end of story. Local lowlifes supposedly put a price on Martin’s head, too, but that has never been proven.
“Disgusting mess over there.”
It’s not as bad as it looks from across the pond, but it’s pretty bad. The surviving “shitball” (as good an epithet as any) in the Martin case attempted to sue for compensation since he was unable to continue in his customary occupation, ie burglary. Thrown out, but not before a few grand sterling was sent his way in “legal aid” from the public tit.
Anyway, I am fascinated by the general discussion, and propose to keep quiet and listen. If anyone wants to email me about UK stuff, they can do so by putting a dot between my Christian and surnames, an at sign and then the name of a certain search engine’s mailer. I hope I am not breaking any rules by writing that.
