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DavidinSouthampton

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jan 3, 2012
16,597
Released today after 48, yes 48, years for killing 3 unarmed policeman (makes me ashamed for dining the song as a kid, although I did not really understand it at the time).

Although I do believe that a life sentence should mean life, it really does show the change in attitudes to crime in the modern day. Would anyone even get sentenced to 48 years nowadays?

In 2008, Steve Wright the Suffolk Strangler was sentenced to life with a whole life tariff. I am sure there have been other similar whole life or long tariffs.
 




Yorkshire-Seagull

New member
Feb 11, 2008
445
I still think the same about some of the songs sung now - even the other night, there was a loud chorus of "shoot the Palace scum" - it made me cringe to see kids singing along with that.
 




papajaff

Well-known member
Aug 7, 2005
3,977
Brighton
You're all bloody JCL's. Don't you remember the 2nd verse?

Let him out to kill some more, kill some more, kill some more. And it was 'mate' not friend. Awful song I could never bring myself to sing.

Twas one of my hooligan thug brothers favourite songs who has just retired after 25 years service. In the Police force.
 














Saladpack Seagull

Just Shut Up and Paddle
Harry Roberts is our friend, is our friend, is our friend. Harry Roberts is our friend, he kills coppers. Let him out to kill some more, kill some more, kill some more, let him out to kill some more, Harry Roberts! Sung to tune of London Bridge Is Falling Down. I last heard this appalling chant coming from, yes you've guessed it, Millwall fans some years ago at Withdean. Says it all really.
 




Definitely still part of Millwall's repertoire
 






theyellowdinosaur

New member
Nov 29, 2011
211
Whilst obviously those 3 coppers didn't deserve to die, the fact that Theresa May is in such an uproar about him not doing life when their are people who have committed equally atrocious crimes who have got nothing compared to 48 years, but because it was coppers who died they seem to think that its more important than the other cases
 


T soprano

New member
Oct 27, 2011
8,018
Posh end of Shoreham
I'm surprised he's been released was recently working on day release at a farm where 2 pigs were killed no one was charged but a bit of a coincidence
 








Se20

Banned
Oct 3, 2012
3,981
that's because you haven't got any, YOU'RE ANOTHER ONE LIKE SE20:thumbsup: defo friend in these parts.
regards
DR

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paul & shark

New member
Sep 17, 2013
192
About time he got out, 15 years over rec

Probably ill health, hope he can enjoy he last few years/months on the out
 






Elvis

Well-known member
Mar 22, 2010
1,413
Viva Las Hove
The man has spent 40 odd years in prison and what do we do to him in his later years....... put Max Clifford in the same nick. I'd say he's done his time.
 


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