A guy I know was beaten up recently. He’d just been out for a pint with a mate, bought himself a kebab, and was walking home when something hit him on the back of the head. He spun round just to catch a glimpse of 2 guys with a baseball bat, but was knocked unconscious very quickly, and woke up in hospital.
Apparently the attack continued for 20 minutes, until a passer by witnessed it and called the police. A police dog unit in the area managed to pick up the scent, and the attackers, aged 17 and 20, were caught red handed, trying to wash the blood off their hands, clothes and baseball bat.
Those who saw the victim after the attack can only describe him as unrecognisable. He suffered memory loss, and when they finally let him out of hospital after many stitches and an operation, he suffered a seizure, so has now been told he can’t drive for 6 months.
At least the scum that did this had been caught, and hopefully trialled for attempted murder (a 20 minute attack??? If they weren’t trying to kill him, then I don’t know WHAT else they could have possibly been doing), but thanks to Blair/Brown and their appalling attitude towards prosecuting “criminals”, these 2 thugs have been released back onto the streets, and it’s unlikely that they’ll get more than a few hours community service or suspended sentence.
Does someone actually have to KILL someone before being put in prison nowadays?? The thugs claimed the victim had launched a drunken attack on them, so they were acting in self defence, but his alcohol level (testing in hospital) was exceedingly low, and any character reference will say that he’s one of the most placid, friendly and happy guys one can meet!
We have 11,000 foreigners in our UK prisons, and personally I think Brown should make their deportation a priority, and all 11,000 to be sent back in disgrace to their country of origin by the end of 2008, and banned from ever returning to the UK. At least that way, we’d have space to lock up our own scum who make life a misery for others.
Sometimes I really hate this country, and wonder what the future holds for it... at the moment it is bleak, and I look forward to leaving it!